unplugverb [ T ]
uk/ʌnˈplʌɡ/us/ʌnˈplʌɡ/unplug verb [ T ] (REMOVE PLUG)
to take the plug of a piece of electrical equipment out of the place where it is connected to the electricity supply:
Did you unplug the iron?
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Electrical switches & connections
- connector
- cord
- dimmer
- dimmer switch
- dip switch
- docking station
- electrical outlet
- ground
- jack
- plug (sth) in/plug (sth) into sth
- put sth on
- put sth out 1
- remote control
- shaver point
- socket
- switch
- switchboard
- travel plug
- wiring
- zapper
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unplug verb [ T ] (REMOVE BLOCKAGE)
US to remove what is blocking something:
The video shows you how to unplug a bath drain full of hair.
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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Unfastening and opening