单词 | to pull the pin |
释义 | > as lemmasto pull the pin (c) Chiefly North American. to pull the pin: to remove the coupling mechanism of a trailer, railway wagon, etc.; (figurative) to abandon something, give up, resign. to pull the pin on: to abandon (a project, etc.); to dismiss (an employee). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > abandon an attempt or enterprise [verb (intransitive)] unbenda1400 unbinda1400 to leave (a person) the field?c1450 to give upa1616 to call (it) quits1851 to pull the pin1860 to hang up one's fiddle1889 to pack in1906 to pack up1925 to cop out1942 to give it away1949 society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > specific railway operations work1810 to pull the pin1860 highball1911 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign resign1395 resignate1531 to go out1642 to lay down1682 to swear off1698 to turn up1819 to pull the pin1860 to send in one's papers1872 to step down1890 to snatch it or one's time1941 1860 Dawson's Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Times 1 Oct. 3 The brakeman pulled the pin connecting the freight cars with the passenger cars, just in time to save the latter from being precipitated into the river. 1926 Amer. Speech 1 250/2 To leave the service, ‘pull the pin’; to quit for the day is to ‘pin for home’. 1947 R. O. Boyer Dark Ship ii. xvii. 227 The teamsters had pulled the pin too early. The strike is being lost. 1968 Amer. Speech 43 289 Pull the pin, to resign, quit, or be fired from a job. 1991 Sci. Fiction Writers of Amer. Bull. Fall 14/3 Occasionally a publisher will ‘pull the pin’ on a book because they're over-bought. < as lemmas |
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