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switch back

 (to something)

1. to return to using or doing something. I decided to switch back to my old shampoo. I switched back and was glad I did.

2. [for a road] to reverse upon itself. The mountain road switched back twenty times in three miles. It switched back every now and then.

See also: back, switch

switch something back (to something)

to return something to the way it was. I switched the television back to the previous channel. I switched back the channel to what I was watching before.

See also: back, switch