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plug definition


  1. n.
    a bite-sized, pressed mass of chewing tobacco. : He put a plug in his cheek and walked away.
  2. n.
    a drink of beer; a slugof beer. : Let me have a plug out of that bottle.
  3. n.
    a free advertisement or a commercial boost from someone for a product. (See also plugola.) : I managed to get a plug on the Mike Michael show.
  4. tv.
    to give an advertisement or commercial boost for something without having to pay for it. : I want to get on that TV program and plug my new book.

  5. Go to pluck. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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pull the plug on

  1. Discontinue, end, as in The government pulled the plug on that program. [First half of 1900s]

  2. Remove all life-supporting equipment, as in The family debated whether it was time to pull the plug on him. [Second half of 1900s] Although this idiom undoubtedly alludes to cutting off electricity to an electrical device, it originally referred to the removal of a stopper that flushed an old-style toilet.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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