pull plug
Cut off power
To pull the plug is to disconnect something from its power source, and by extension, to end or terminate something abruptly.
You can pull the plug on a project, a deal, or a TV show that isn't working: The network pulled the plug after three episodes.
In medical contexts, pulling the plug means withdrawing life support: The family made the difficult decision to pull the plug.
- disconnectTo break a connection
- power cordWire delivering electricity
- wall socketElectrical connection point
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- outletPoint of release
cord · yank · electrical · life support · terminate · end · stop · drain · bathtub · stopper · cork · remove · withdraw · cancel · shut down · power off · kill switch · no turning back
- shutdownshut down, power down, power off, turn off, switch off
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- power offswitch off, shut down, power down, power cut, main shutoff
- business failurebankruptcy court, insolvency, liquidation, closure, shutdown
support vs. abandonment
pull plugback
Reverse side; support
support · fund · double down · stand behind · resuscitate
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