Idiom
pulling the plug
Meaning
passive euthanasia
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The doctors are pulling the plug on the patient today.”
“After the medical team confirmed there was no hope for recovery, the family decided it was time to pull the plug.”
“Following weeks of agonizing deliberation over the patient's irreversible condition, the family finally authorized the hospital staff to pull the plug.”
Examples
simple
“The doctors are pulling the plug on the patient today.”
contextual
“After the medical team confirmed there was no hope for recovery, the family decided it was time to pull the plug.”
complex
“Following weeks of agonizing deliberation over the patient's irreversible condition, the family finally authorized the hospital staff to pull the plug.”
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