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
Siegfried	ZEEK-freet (German)	German, Germanic Mythology
Parsifal	-	German
Elisha	i-LIE-shə (English), ee-LIE-shə (English)	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Nazariy	-	Russian, Ukrainian
Pich	-	Khmer
Valerius	və-LER-ee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman