Usually means: End support or discontinue operation.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. pull the_plug: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pull the_plug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pull the_plug: Vocabulary.com
  4. pull the_plug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pull the_plug: Wiktionary
  6. pull the_plug: Dictionary.com
  7. Pull the_Plug (London Elektricity album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pull the_plug: Rhymezone
  9. pull the_plug: Free Dictionary
  10. pull the_plug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pull the_plug: Dictionary/thesaurus
  12. Pull (out) the plug: World Wide Words
  13. Pull the plug: Phrase Finder

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the_plug: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the_plug: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the_plug: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull the plug)

verb:  (intransitive) To unplug or cut power to a machine.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To turn off life support.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To cease to support; to halt. [with on ‘someone or something’]
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To cease production or publication.

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