Word info

plug out

Verb

Meaning

plug out (third-person singular simple present plugs out, present participle plugging out, simple past and past participle plugged out)

(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens. Nick Hornby

It is better to watch TV when it is switched off - that is, in the traditional way, but by pulling the plug out of the socket. One of the advantages of the alternative is electricity saving; in addition - the use of this method does not pose a threat to eyesight. Viktor Pinchuk

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