pull the plug

phrase

1

: to disconnect a medical life-support system

2

: to withdraw essential and especially financial support

Examples of pull the plug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two years after the launch of the Gotham Sports app, YES Network and MSG Networks have decided to pull the plug on their joint streaming venture. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026

The proposal would restrict international collaboration and give political appointees the ability to decide the most important research to fund, and the power to pull the plug at any time, for any reason. — Lisa Song, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Critics have long urged the British government to pull the plug on the Islamic Center’s operation as pressure mounts on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to act against Iranian regime apparatus in the country. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Then, when the truth came to light, they were externally framed as an existential crisis that might pull the plug on professional football. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

Rhymes for pull the plug

• antidrug
• mealybug
• multidrug
• chug
• doug
• drug
• dug
• hug
• jug
• lug
• mug
• pug