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. Elliot Peters:

   This lawsuit is pure grandstanding and hypocrisy. We hope and believe the Court will see that and be willing to pull the plug.

2. Eric Schmitt:

   Unfortunately, the Biden DOJ has used this lawsuit as a pretext for them to pull the plug on our successful and innovative federal-state crime-fighting partnership, the Safer Streets Initiative, since I launched the Safer Streets Initiative in 2019, we’ve filed over 650 charges against nearly 390 defendants with a conviction rate of roughly 98%. My Office has fought to continue the initiative, but this initiative has been suspended solely because of the Biden Administration’s actions.

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 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. Gero Farruggio:

   If they pull the plug on this, there's certainly questions if any project will go ahead in Australia.