"switch up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: switches up [present, singular, third-person], switching up [participle, present], switched up [participle, past], switched up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} switch up (third-person singular simple present switches up, present participle switching up, simple past and past participle switched up)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To change, usually in regards to how one feels, thinks, or behaves. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-switch_up-en-verb-BGVk1p7E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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