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Simple English vs Natural Idioms Part 3

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The Importance of Keeping in Touch

The phrase comes from the idea that if you have something plugged into the wall You just pull the plug it will stop working. When people are on life support in a very serious medical situation and we are no longer going to support their life with machines because it seems like they are going to die, this means they are pulling the plug. This is a very touchy or sensitive way to use this phrase So be careful with it in this way, but in a casual conversation It's okay to say we're just going to pull the plug on this project  and be done with it We haven't talked in a long time I don't know what's going on in their life right now.

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