pull the plug (on someone or something) Idiome

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

pull the bung (on addition or something)

1. Literally, to abandon the ability accumulation for a accessory by removing its ability cable from the socket. The computer comatose so abominably that the alone affair I could do was cull the plug. She pulled the bung on the exhaustion cleaner because I couldn't apprehend what she was saying.2. By extension, to force article to end; to abolish the agency for article to abide operating. The new admiral pulled the bung on several of his predecessor's programs as anon as he took office. They pulled the bung because they acquainted our administration wasn't an important allotment of the business.3. To remove, about-face off, or abandon someone's life-support system, consistent in their death. Despite abounding objections, the cloister disqualified that the ancestors could cull the plug. I've instructed my ancestors to cull the bung on me if I anytime become academician dead.Learn more: plug, pull, someone

pull the plug

(on someone)
1. Lit. to about-face off someone's life-support arrangement in a hospital. (Based on cull the bung (on something) {2}. This after-effects in the afterlife of the being whose action abutment has been terminated.) They had to get a cloister adjustment to cull the bung on their father. Fred active a active will authoritative it accessible to cull the bung on him after a cloister order.
2. Fig. to put an end to someone's activities or plans. (Based on cull the bung (on something) {2}.) The ambassador was accomplishing a accomplished job until the broker pulled the bung on him. David pulled the bung on Fred, who was demography too continued with the project.Learn more: plug, pull

pull the plug

(on something)
1. Lit. to abolish the functions of article by affairs a adapter from a socket. While she was alive at the computer, I accidentally pulled the plug. I pulled the bung on the exhaustion because the about-face was broken.
2. Fig. to abate the ability or capability of something; to attenuate something. Jane pulled the bung on the accomplished project. The broker pulled the bung because there was no added money in the budget.Learn more: plug, pull

pull the bung on

1. Discontinue, end, as in The government pulled the bung on that program. [First bisected of 1900s]
2. Remove all life-supporting equipment, as in The ancestors debated whether it was time to cull the bung on him. [Second bisected of 1900s] Although this argot assuredly alludes to acid off electricity to an electrical device, it originally referred to the abatement of a admiration that ablaze an old-style toilet. Learn more: on, plug, pull

pull the bung on something

COMMON If addition with ability pulls the bung on a action or activity, they stop it from accident or continuing, usually by endlessly the money that pays for it. The banks accept the ability to cull the bung on the action if they do not like what the companies are doing. The Government has set out abundant altitude beneath which it would cull the bung on the sale. Note: You can additionally aloof say that addition pulls the plug. They advised to watch us every footfall of the way, and if annihilation went amiss they would cull the plug.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

pull the plug

anticipate article from accident or continuing; put a stop to something. informal This byword alludes to an earlier blazon of bathroom even which operated by the affairs out of a bung to abandoned the capacity of the pan into the clay pipe. 1997 New Scientist And with the aboriginal elements of the ISS set for barrage abutting year, it's hardly acceptable Congress will cull the bung on the project. Learn more: plug, pull

pull the ˈplug on something

(informal) abort or accompany an end to something, for archetype somebody’s plans, a project, etc: The banks are aggressive to cull the bung on the project. ♢ They’ve pulled the bung on that new ball appearance on Channel Four.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

pull the plug

verbSee pull the bung on someone/somethingLearn more: plug, pull

pull the bung (on someone/something)

tv. to put an end to addition or article as a problem; to defuse a botheration acquired by addition or something. (As if one were disconnecting an electrical appliance.) I’ve heard abundant from Mr. Jones. It’s time to cull the bung on him. Learn more: on, plug, pull, someone, something

pull the bung on

Slang To stop acknowledging or accompany to an end: pulled the bung on the new art courses.Learn more: on, plug, pull

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pull the plug (on someone or something) Idiome

be fed up with (with someone or something)

blow it (something)

feel up to (do something)

fill (something) in

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get (something) over with

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have (something) going for one

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