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

The 24-year-old attempted a comeback in December but couldn’t grip the stick properly and eventually had to pull the plug. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

If Clemson pulls the plug on the Dabo Swinney era, its first call should be to Tony Elliott at Virginia. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Eventually the money simply ran out — Khrzhanovsky estimates Adoniev spent around 25 million euros, about $40 million in today’s money, before pulling the plug — and the set burned in that staged massacre of November 2011. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

In Johnson County, a group of concerned citizens advocated against the use of license plate-tracking cameras, leading the Gardner Police Department to pull the plug on Flock cameras in city limits. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for pull the plug

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