Usually means: End support or discontinue operation.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word pull the plug:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. pull the plug: Merriam-Webster
  2. pull the plug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pull the plug: Vocabulary.com
  4. pull the plug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pull the plug: Wiktionary
  6. pull the plug: Dictionary.com
  7. Pull the Plug (London Elektricity album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pull the plug: Rhymezone
  9. pull the plug: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pull the plug: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pull the plug: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Pull (out) the plug: World Wide Words
  13. Pull the plug: Phrase Finder

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the plug: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the plug: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pull the plug: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull the plug)

verb:  (intransitive) To unplug or cut power to a machine.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To turn off life support.
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To cease to support; to halt. [with on ‘someone or something’]
verb:  (intransitive, informal) To cease production or publication.

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