pull the plug on

Meaning

1. pull the plug on sb / sth

   to put an end to sb's project, a plan, etc.

In the movies · 2

• To be able to pull the plug on an operation like that.The Gentlemen2020
• They will pull the plug on this.The Fall Guy2024
• There is. We pull the plug.The Matrix1999
• California's Electric Utilities may have to pull the plug on millions of customers.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005
• Litwak's pulling our plug in the morning.Wreck-It Ralph2012
• Wallach'll just pull the plug.Babylon2022
• - What are you doing? - Pulling the plug.Spider-Man 22004
• - Jesus fucking Christ! - Kill it! Kill it! Pull the plug!Living in Oblivion1995

Learn it in full scenes

• The Gentlemen2020
  • Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray
  • Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff
  • Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005
  • Enron's Dabhol Plant in Ruins
  • Fastow Admits Both Sides
  • Skilling Loses It on the Call
• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party

From the same entry

• pull a fast one
• pull in different directions
• pull leg
• pull the other one
• pull out all the stops
• pull your punches
• pull rabbit out of the hat
• pull rank
• pull the rug from under feet
• pull your socks up
• pull strings
• pull the strings

More idioms

• put to the test
• put two and two together
• put your best foot forward
• same to you
• sign on the dotted line
• smile from ear to ear
• take under your wing
• the long and short of it
• think nothing of it
• what's not to like
• disappear off the face of the earth
• sit tight