turn on
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To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
โTurn on the tapโ
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To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
โPlease turn on automatic updates.โ
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(of a device) To start operating; to power up, to become on.
โMy computer won't turn on.โ
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To fill with enthusiasm; to intoxicate, give pleasure to ( + to an object of interest or excitement).
โAttractive packaging can turn buyers on to a product.โ
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To sexually arouse.
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To cause to take up drugs, especially hallucinogens.
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To violently rebel against; to suddenly attack (this is the intransitive verb turn, with on functioning as a preposition not as an adverbial particle).
โSuddenly all his friends turned on him.โ
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To depend upon; to pivot around, to have as a central subject (this is the intransitive verb turn, with on functioning as a preposition not as an adverbial particle).
โThe argument turned on the question of whether or not jobs would be lost.โ
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