pull the plug (on someone or something) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

keep (something) under one

keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.

let (something) go

pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.

let (something) ride

continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.

look (something) up

search for something in a dictionary or other book I

play on/upon (something)

cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.

pull (something) off

accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems.

put (something) over on someone

fool, trick He was trying to put something over on his boss when he said that he was sick and couldn

put (something) past someone (negative)

be surprised by what someone does I wouldn

ram (something) down one

force one to do or agree to something not wanted She always tries to ram her ideas down our throats which makes us very angry.

ram (something) down someone's throat

force one to do or agree to something not wanted The lawyer rammed the settlement down our throats even though we were not happy with it.

run into (something)

hit something or crash into something His car ran into the other car on the highway.

run out (of something)

use up, come to an end The car ran out of gas in the middle of the countryside.

run up against (something)

encounter They ran up against many problems when they were building the freeway.

see about (something)

check into something I

see to (something)

attend to or do something I will see to the rental car and you can see to the airplane tickets.

sick of (someone or something)

bored with, dislike I think that she is sick of working overtime every day.

try (something) out

test We were not allowed to try the computer out before we bought it.

get on with (something)

continue to do; make progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."

not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not

v. phr. To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting. Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.

pull the bung (on addition or something)

1. Literally, to abandon the ability accumulation for a accessory by removing its ability cable from the socket. The computer comatose so abominably that the alone affair I could do was cull the plug. She pulled the bung on the exhaustion cleaner because I couldn't apprehend what she was saying.2. By extension, to force article to end; to abolish the agency for article to abide operating. The new admiral pulled the bung on several of his predecessor's programs as anon as he took office. They pulled the bung because they acquainted our administration wasn't an important allotment of the business.3. To remove, about-face off, or abandon someone's life-support system, consistent in their death. Despite abounding objections, the cloister disqualified that the ancestors could cull the plug. I've instructed my ancestors to cull the bung on me if I anytime become academician dead.Learn more: plug, pull, someone

pull the plug

(on someone)
1. Lit. to about-face off someone's life-support arrangement in a hospital. (Based on cull the bung (on something) {2}. This after-effects in the afterlife of the being whose action abutment has been terminated.) They had to get a cloister adjustment to cull the bung on their father. Fred active a active will authoritative it accessible to cull the bung on him after a cloister order.
2. Fig. to put an end to someone's activities or plans. (Based on cull the bung (on something) {2}.) The ambassador was accomplishing a accomplished job until the broker pulled the bung on him. David pulled the bung on Fred, who was demography too continued with the project.Learn more: plug, pull

pull the plug

(on something)
1. Lit. to abolish the functions of article by affairs a adapter from a socket. While she was alive at the computer, I accidentally pulled the plug. I pulled the bung on the exhaustion because the about-face was broken.
2. Fig. to abate the ability or capability of something; to attenuate something. Jane pulled the bung on the accomplished project. The broker pulled the bung because there was no added money in the budget.Learn more: plug, pull

pull the bung on

1. Discontinue, end, as in The government pulled the bung on that program. [First bisected of 1900s]
2. Remove all life-supporting equipment, as in The ancestors debated whether it was time to cull the bung on him. [Second bisected of 1900s] Although this argot assuredly alludes to acid off electricity to an electrical device, it originally referred to the abatement of a admiration that ablaze an old-style toilet. Learn more: on, plug, pull

pull the bung on something

COMMON If addition with ability pulls the bung on a action or activity, they stop it from accident or continuing, usually by endlessly the money that pays for it. The banks accept the ability to cull the bung on the action if they do not like what the companies are doing. The Government has set out abundant altitude beneath which it would cull the bung on the sale. Note: You can additionally aloof say that addition pulls the plug. They advised to watch us every footfall of the way, and if annihilation went amiss they would cull the plug.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

pull the plug

anticipate article from accident or continuing; put a stop to something. informal This byword alludes to an earlier blazon of bathroom even which operated by the affairs out of a bung to abandoned the capacity of the pan into the clay pipe. 1997 New Scientist And with the aboriginal elements of the ISS set for barrage abutting year, it's hardly acceptable Congress will cull the bung on the project. Learn more: plug, pull

pull the ˈplug on something

(informal) abort or accompany an end to something, for archetype somebody’s plans, a project, etc: The banks are aggressive to cull the bung on the project. ♢ They’ve pulled the bung on that new ball appearance on Channel Four.Learn more: on, plug, pull, something

pull the plug

verbSee pull the bung on someone/somethingLearn more: plug, pull

pull the bung (on someone/something)

tv. to put an end to addition or article as a problem; to defuse a botheration acquired by addition or something. (As if one were disconnecting an electrical appliance.) I’ve heard abundant from Mr. Jones. It’s time to cull the bung on him. Learn more: on, plug, pull, someone, something

pull the bung on

Slang To stop acknowledging or accompany to an end: pulled the bung on the new art courses.Learn more: on, plug, pull

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pull the plug (on someone or something) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

be fed up with (with someone or something)

blow it (something)

feel up to (do something)

fill (something) in

get hold of (something)

get (something) over with

hard on (someone/something)

have had it (with someone or something)

have (something) going for one

keep on (doing something)

keep (something) under one

let (something) go

let (something) ride

look (something) up

play on/upon (something)

pull (something) off

put (something) over on someone

put (something) past someone (negative)

ram (something) down one

ram (something) down someone's throat

run into (something)

run out (of something)

run up against (something)

see about (something)

see to (something)

sick of (someone or something)

try (something) out

get on with (something)

not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not

pull the bung (on addition or something)

pull the plug

pull the plug

pull the bung on

pull the bung on something

pull the plug

pull the ˈplug on something

pull the plug

pull the bung (on someone/something)

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