Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “pull the plug” and its meaning is “put a stop to something; put an end to, discontinue, terminate, do away with, get rid of”.
Example Sentence: We should pull the plug on pointless after-hours emails. In a burnout epidemic, the right to switch off is needed more than ever… “Emails start at 5:30am and don’t end until 10pm, because they know you have nowhere else to go. For single people with no families it’s worse, because you don’t get to say, ‘I need to go take care of my kids’.”
This phrase is present in Financial Times article We should pull the plug on pointless after-hours emails and click here to read it.
Courtesy: Financial Times
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