Synonyms for pull the plug
pull the plug

Princeton's WordNet

1. pull the plugverb

   prevent from happening or continuing

   "The government pulled the plug on spending"

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1. • Discontinue

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pull the plug

   Synonyms:
   De-escalate, withdraw life support

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1. Soner Cagaptay:

   Incirlik is important to the anti-ISIS struggle, but it's not indispensable, if Washington feels that this becomes the sine qua non in the relationship, the U.S. might pull the plug out. It would require a repositioning of forces.

2. Nick Clegg:

   I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with UKIP — because there is no meeting point for me with one party that basically wants to pull our country to bits and another party that wants us to pull out of the EU, i would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

3. Alan Woodward:

   Once inside a network it seeks out and affects any susceptible computer it can find on the network, the only sensible way to tackle it is to 'pull the plug' so that it can't spread any more until you can isolate the affected machines and work out a remediation plan.

4. Ed Haislmaier:

   State regulators have gone through a process, to review and shut down co-op programs that were too weak to continue for another year, … It explains why you saw a big bunch of them announce they were closing in October – because it was the drop dead [date]. If you’re going to pull the plug, October was the time to do it.

5. Trinity Lewis:

   I thought they was going to pull the plug on my baby. I didn't think that she was going to still be here today. And that's what I'm grateful for, it was a big relief because I've been running around all week trying to get help until Sunday, and then I finally got what I've been praying for.