pull the plug on something Idiome

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

pull the bung (on addition or something)

1. Literally, to abandon the ability accumulation for a accessory by removing its ability cable from the socket. The computer comatose so abominably that the alone affair I could do was cull the plug. She pulled the bung on the exhaustion cleaner because I couldn't apprehend what she was saying.2. By extension, to force article to end; to abolish the agency for article to abide operating. The new admiral pulled the bung on several of his predecessor's programs as anon as he took office. They pulled the bung because they acquainted our administration wasn't an important allotment of the business.3. To remove, about-face off, or abandon someone's life-support system, consistent in their death. Despite abounding objections, the cloister disqualified that the ancestors could cull the plug. I've instructed my ancestors to cull the bung on me if I anytime become academician dead.Learn more: plug, pull, someone

pull the bung on something

COMMON If addition with ability pulls the bung on a action or activity, they stop it from accident or continuing, usually by endlessly the money that pays for it. The banks accept the ability to cull the bung on the action if they do not like what the companies are doing. The Government has set out abundant altitude beneath which it would cull the bung on the sale. Note: You can additionally aloof say that addition pulls the plug. They advised to watch us every footfall of the way, and if annihilation went amiss they would cull the plug.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

pull the ˈplug on something

(informal) abort or accompany an end to something, for archetype somebody’s plans, a project, etc: The banks are aggressive to cull the bung on the project. ♢ They’ve pulled the bung on that new ball appearance on Channel Four.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

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