Idioms for plug

    pull the plug on, Informal.
    1. to discontinue or terminate: The government has threatened to pull the plug on further subsidies.
    2. to disconnect life-sustaining equipment from (a moribund patient).

Origin of plug

1620–30; < Dutch; cognate with German Pflock

OTHER WORDS FROM plug

plug·ga·ble, adjective plug·ging·ly, adverb plug·less, adjective plug·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for plugging

plug
/ (plʌɡ) /

noun

verb plugs, plugging or plugged

Derived forms of plug

plugger, noun

Word Origin for plug

C17: from Middle Dutch plugge; related to Middle Low German plugge, German Pflock

Medical definitions for plugging

plug
[ plŭg ]

n.

A dense mass of material filling a hole or closing an orifice.

v.

To fill tightly with a plug.

Idioms and Phrases with plugging

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