Pull the plug
verb phrase
[fr the disconnecting of an electrical plug]
verb phrase
To dive in a submarine; submerge
[1970s+ Navy; fr the withdrawing of a bathtub plug]
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verb phrase To undermine or disable; put opponents at a great and often sudden disadvantage: They were intended to pull the rug out from under left-wing critics (1946+)
- Pull the rug out from under
verb phrase To undermine or disable; put opponents at a great and often sudden disadvantage: They were intended to pull the rug out from under left-wing critics (1946+) Remove all support and assistance from, usually suddenly. For example, Stopping his allowance pulled the rug out from under him, forcing him to look for a job. […]
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verb phrase [perhaps fr the use of a string to fasten and release a concealing sheet on something about to be unveiled; perhaps fr pull the lanyard, ”to fire a cannon”]
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[poo l-top] /ˈpʊlˌtɒp/ adjective, noun 1. .
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[puhl-yuh-leyt] /ˈpʌl yəˌleɪt/ verb (used without object), pullulated, pullulating. 1. to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout. 2. to breed, produce, or create rapidly. 3. to increase rapidly; multiply. 4. to exist abundantly; swarm; teem. 5. to be produced as offspring. /ˈpʌljʊˌleɪt/ verb (intransitive) 1. (of animals, etc) to breed rapidly or abundantly; teem; […]