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How to pronounce “pull the plug”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of pull the plug with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To unplug or cut power to a machine.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To unplug or cut power to a machine.
- (intransitive, informal) To turn off life support.
- (intransitive, informal) To commit suicide.
- (intransitive, informal) To cease to support; to halt. [with on ‘someone or something’]
- (intransitive, informal) To cease production or publication.
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