pull the plug

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To unplug or cut power to a machine.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To turn off life support.
  3. (informal, intransitive) To commit suicide.
  4. (informal, intransitive) To cease to support; to halt.
  5. (informal, intransitive) To cease production or publication.

Synonyms

quit
A2
leave off
stop
A1
🛑
abrogate
adjourn
22k
break
A1
break in
break off

break short

break up
call it quits
cease
C1
cheese
B1
🧀
close out
close up
cut
A1
cut off
cut short
discontinue
35k
dispatch
C1
drop out
end
A1
🔚
finish
A2
fold
C1
interject
41k
intermit
interrupt
B2
kick
B1
knock off
lay over
pause
C1
punctuate
put away
put down
put in
scrub
C1
sign off
snuff out
suspend
C2
terminate
C2
wash out
barge in
stop over

burst in on

click off

abolish
23k
abort
C1
Translations

den Garaus machen

den Stecker ziehen

tirer la chasse d’eau

staccare la spina

impedir
suspender
cancelar

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