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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

pull the plug

Part of Speechverb

To unplug or cut power

In a Sentence

“He put an end to the loud music by pulling the plug.”

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Related Words

unplugplug outpower offdisconnectcut offpower downunpowerturn off

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