Work & careers
be switched on
alert and mentally ready
If you are switched on, you are alert and ready to think or act effectively.
Hear it in real life
How are you feeling about the interview?
Good - I feel really switched on today.
A short walk helps me feel switched on before an important meeting.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I feel switched ‸ at the interview.
Say: I feel switched on at the interview.
The fixed expression ends with "on" when it means mentally alert.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be switched on; feel switched on; look switched on
Your turn: say it out loud
A short walk helps me feel switched on before an important meeting.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be switched on
alert and mentally ready
“A short walk helps me feel switched on before an important meeting.”
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