Definitions
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Word origin
Perhaps from Middle Dutch swijch (“twig”), first attested in c. 1592. The mechanical device for altering the direction of something sense is first attested in c. 1797, pertaining to pivoted rails on minecart railways, which were once wooden.
Used in a sentence
“After many complications and sudden switches of career and identity for all […] they end up selling out for fame and money, and leave the boardwalk for good.”
“This is a result of a switch from High Street to online retailing, requiring consumer goods to be delivered to the door from large-scale distribution parks that have sufficient traffic to justify a rail terminal.”
“Their mother would walk out into the yard and cut a switch from a tree and beat him—beat him, it seemed to Florence, until any other boy would have fallen down dead; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Power toggle”6 letters
02“Wall control”6 letters
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