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. Nick Clegg:

   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.

2. Rocco Grillo:

   It's not easy to just pull the plug.

3. Bode Miller:

   There’s always different challenges, there’s fitness and equipment and the others have thousands of hours of skiing by now and I have twenty or fifteen or so, i have to be ready to pull the plug because if I’m not ready, I’m not going to risk severe injury because of one thing or another.

4. 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.

5. Adriano Pires:

   This is serious because it is happening in the midst of Brazil's worst economic crisis in decades and in the middle of Petrobras' worst crisis ever, it's like the unions are saying, 'Hey, Petrobras is in intensive care. Let's pull the plug!'.