switch sth on
usually disapproving— phrasal verb with switch uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/verb [ T, I usually + adv/prep ]
If someone switches on a particular emotion or behaviour, they suddenly start to feel or behave in that way, but usually not sincerely:
When a customer walks in, she switches on the charm.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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