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on-off switch

n. a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions [syn: toggle switch, toggle, on/off switch]

Usage examples of "on-off switch".

I felt for the on-off switch of the two-way radio again to make sure Loman's voice couldn't come through.

Perhaps its on-off switch was stuck, though it could detect no flaw through internal diagnostic scanning.

What's more probable is that the on-off switch is in the off position.

He had no way of hearing the mercury on-off switch which Tommy began manipulating at midnight sharp: SOS DE K6ATX, SOS DE K6ATX, over and over and over again.