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
Kelvin	KEL-vin	English
Eduards	-	Latvian
Emanuel	e-MAH-nuw-el (German)	Romanian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Czech, Croatian
EcrİN	-	Turkish
Nurul	-	Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Atefeh	-	Persian