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Be closely attuned or responsive, as in He couldn't make any important social connections because he just wasn't plugged in . The related expression be plugged into takes an object, as in These connoisseurs are plugged into the local art scene . These terms allude to inserting a plug into an electrical socket. [ Colloquial ; c. 1970]

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