on again
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For example, a protein might briefly activate, then turn off, and later switch on again.
From Science Daily
Daisy saw that she had me paralyzed with fear and she started carrying on again.
From Literature
At halfway, Brook kicked on again, crashing leg-spinner Shadab Khan for a perfect straight six.
From BBC
If I’d known that, I would have made just one big raft after all, because Selkie sometimes slipped down the middle and I had to hold the rafts together for her to get on again.
From Literature
A stellar season in Minnesota came after he replaced injured rookie JJ McCarthy, but then more irony in the Vikings opting to stick with the quarterback they drafted saw Darnold move on again.
From BBC
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