"switched on" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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        "simple past and past participle of switch on"
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    {
      "form": "more switched on",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    {
      "form": "most switched on",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2013, James Glasse, Andrew Rawson, Baghdad Operators: Ex Special Forces in Iraq, page 70",
          "text": "There was a lot to take in and everyone had to be totally switched on during the handover phase.",
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          "ref": "2015, Karl Brettig, Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families, page 119",
          "text": "She has always been really switched on academically but she has really come on in the last year with [teacher]. We're happy that she is in his class again this year.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Highly attentive and mentally engaged."
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        "(informal) Highly attentive and mentally engaged."
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  "word": "switched on"
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        "simple past and past participle of switch on"
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      "form": "more switched on",
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          "text": "There was a lot to take in and everyone had to be totally switched on during the handover phase.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Karl Brettig, Building Stronger Communities with Children and Families, page 119",
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          "mentally",
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        "(informal) Highly attentive and mentally engaged."
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