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air plug[ʹeəplʌg]
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plug Идиома

not worth a plugged nickel

worthless, good for nothing In 1930, stocks weren't worth a plugged nickel - nothing!

plug away

work slowly and steadily, slug away If you plug away at physics, you will eventually understand it.

plug into

become familiar with, learn to use If he wants to be a dentist, he'll have to plug into the sciences.

plug the product

(See put in a plug for)

plug the team

add the best players from other teams The Flyers plugged their team with star players from the league.

pull the plug

stop working on a project, not support any more, leave you in the lurch When Zoe lied to Social Services they pulled the plug on her. They stopped paying her expenses.

put in a plug for

advertise free, promote free When you speak on TV, please put in a plug for my book.

butt plug

a plug, usually made of rubber, for insertion in the anus during sex

plug sth up

Idiom(s): plug sth up

Theme: ELIMINATE

to stop or fill up a hole, crack, or gap.
• Take out the nail and plug the hole up with something.
• You have to plug up the cracks to keep out the cold.

plug sth in

Idiom(s): plug sth in

Theme: ELECTRICITY

to place a plug into a receptacle. (In can be replaced with into.)
• This television set won't work unless you plug it in!
• Please plug in this lamp.

plug away at

Idiom(s): plug away (at something) AND peg away (at something)

Theme: WORK

to keep trying something; to keep working at something.
• John kept pegging away at the trumpet until he became pretty good at it.
• I'm not very good at it, but I keep plugging away.

keep plugging along|keep|plugging

v. phr., informal To continue to work diligently and with great effort, often against hardship. Bob was not particularly talented but he kept plugging along year after year, and eventually became vice president.

plug in|plug

v. phr. To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by putting its plug into a receptacle or hole. The integrated circuit has multiplied the number of small radios that need not be plugged in.

plug into|plug

v. To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by inserting its plug into a receptacle or hole. He thought he had left the lamp plugged into the wall, and so was puzzled when it wouldn't light that night.

pull the plug on|plug|pull|pull the plug

v. phr., slang To expose (someone's) secret activities. The citizens' committee pulled the plug on the mayor, and he lost his election.

plug

plug
In addition to the idiom beginning with plug, also see peg away at; pull the plug on.

plugged in, be

plugged in, be
Be closely attuned or responsive, as in He couldn't make any important social connections because he just wasn't plugged in. The related expression be plugged into takes an object, as in These connoisseurs are plugged into the local art scene. These terms allude to inserting a plug into an electrical socket. [Colloquial; c. 1970]

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.