switch over

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of changing from one system, method, or channel to another.

• 🇩🇪Partikelverb, das den Wechsel von einem System, einer Methode oder einem Kanal zu einem anderen bezeichnet.

1. Change from one thing to another informal

   To stop using or doing one thing and start using or doing another.

   • We switched over to a new internet provider last month.
   • She switched over from coffee to tea for health reasons.
   • The company switched over to a digital filing system.

   🇩🇪Umstellung

   Synonyme: change overconvertexchangeflipmoveshiftsubstituteswaptransitionturn

2. Change a channel or setting informal

   To change the channel on a television or radio, or to change a setting on a device.

   • He switched over to the sports channel to watch the game.
   • Can you switch over the radio to the news station?
   • I switched over the thermostat to a lower temperature.

   🇩🇪Umschalten

   Synonyme: changechange overflipswitchtoggleturn

• switched over past participle
• switched over past simple
• switching over present participle
• switches over third person singular

Grundverb: switch