were not asleep at the switch

English translation: were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

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English term or phrase:	were not asleep at the switch
Selected answer:	were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities
Entered by:	airmailrpl

00:59 Aug 13, 2004

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English term or phrase: were not asleep at the switch

Other entrepreneurial werw not asleep at the switch

rovilarins

were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

Explanation:
were not asleep at the switch => were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:31

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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +13

did not miss their opportunities

NancyLynn

were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

airmailrpl

2 +2

were not careless with their responsabilities.

Gabo Pena

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0 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

were not careless with their responsabilities.

Explanation:
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Note added at 2004-08-13 01:05:34 (GMT)
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DISTRACTED, DREAMING, FORGETFUL, IDLENE, THOUGHTLESS, MIND-WANDERING.

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Note added at 2004-08-13 01:05:56 (GMT)
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I meant >idle<

Gabo Pena
Local time: 09:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

did not miss their opportunities

Explanation:
I agreed with the other answer because that is the general meaning; but given your little bit of context, with entrepreneurs, I would say that it means they took their chance when it came by

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 12:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

6 hrs confidence:

were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

Explanation:
were not asleep at the switch => were paying attention to their duties, responsabilities, obligations, opportunities

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 13:31
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 2

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