pull the plug on someone/something

pull the plug (on someone/something)

tv. to put an end to someone or something as a problem; to defuse a problem caused by someone or something. (As if one were disconnecting an electrical appliance.) I’ve heard enough from Mr. Jones. It’s time to pull the plug on him.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dipak	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
Eldred	EL-drəd	English
RÍOghnÁN	-	Irish
Ozi	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Meira	-	Hebrew
ØYdis	-	Norwegian