pull the plug on Idiome
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v. phr.,
slang To expose (someone's) secret activities.
The citizens' committee pulled the plug on the mayor, and he lost his election.
pull the plug on
pull the plug on 1) Discontinue, end, as in
The government pulled the plug on that program. [First half of 1900s]
2) Remove all life-supporting equipment, as in
The family debated whether it was time to pull the plug on him. [Second half of 1900s] Although this idiom undoubtedly alludes to cutting off electricity to an electrical device, it originally referred to the removal of a stopper that flushed an old-style toilet.
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, someonepull 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
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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