switch

lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

“switch to a different brand of beer”

a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

flog with or as if with a flexible rod

hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

“switch on the light”

the act of changing one thing or position for another

“his switch on abortion cost him the election”

an event in which one thing is substituted for another