"switch out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "switches out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switching out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "switch out (third-person singular simple present switches out, present participle switching out, simple past and past participle switched out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I would like to switch my phone out for a newer one.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Disconnect power before switching out the graphics card.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another."
      ],
      "id": "en-switch_out-en-verb-VpGvBLEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ],
        [
          "swap",
          "swap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive or intransitive) To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Switch the lights out at bedtime.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 22, “Network News: One-off tours of New Street PSB”, in RAIL, number 979, page 10",
          "text": "The PSB [power signal box] was switched out by engineers in December, marking the end of 56 years of duty. At its peak in the 1960s, it controlled up to 1,200 trains per day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To switch off; to turn off."
      ],
      "id": "en-switch_out-en-verb-Khw69Fjr",
      "links": [
        [
          "switch off",
          "switch off"
        ],
        [
          "turn off",
          "turn off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) To switch off; to turn off."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "english": "railway signalling",
          "word": "switch in"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "27 73",
          "word": "switchout"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "switch out"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "switches out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switching out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "switched out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "switch out (third-person singular simple present switches out, present participle switching out, simple past and past participle switched out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "railway signalling",
      "word": "switch in"
    },
    {
      "word": "switchout"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I would like to switch my phone out for a newer one.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Disconnect power before switching out the graphics card.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exchange",
          "exchange"
        ],
        [
          "swap",
          "swap"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive or intransitive) To exchange or swap one (person, thing, etc.) for another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Switch the lights out at bedtime.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 22, “Network News: One-off tours of New Street PSB”, in RAIL, number 979, page 10",
          "text": "The PSB [power signal box] was switched out by engineers in December, marking the end of 56 years of duty. At its peak in the 1960s, it controlled up to 1,200 trains per day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To switch off; to turn off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "switch off",
          "switch off"
        ],
        [
          "turn off",
          "turn off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) To switch off; to turn off."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "switch out"
}