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pull the plug

verb

Definitions

  1. To unplug or cut power to a machine.

    • Shut off the machine and pull the plug.
    • He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.

  2. To turn off life support.

  3. To commit suicide.

    • 1981, The Jim Carroll Band, People Who Died Cathy was eleven when she pulled the plug / On twenty-six reds and a bottle of wine
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To cease to support

      To cease to support; to halt.

      • It's a wonder the director didn't pull the plug on that project months ago.

    2. To cease production or publication.

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