switched on
English
Verb
switched on
- simple past tense and past participle of switch on
Adjective
switched on (comparative more switched on, superlative most switched on)
- (informal) Highly attentive and mentally engaged.
- 2013, James Glasse, Andrew Rawson, Baghdad Operators: Ex Special Forces in Iraq (page 70)
- There was a lot to take in and everyone had to be totally switched on during the handover phase.
- 2015, Karl Brettig, Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families (page 119)
- She has always been really switched on academically but she has really come on in the last year with [teacher]. We're happy that she is in his class again this year.
- 2013, James Glasse, Andrew Rawson, Baghdad Operators: Ex Special Forces in Iraq (page 70)