unplug
to remove a plug or stopper from.
to free of an obstruction; unclog: a pill to unplug clogged arteries.
to disconnect (an appliance, a telephone, etc.) by removing its plug from an outlet: to unplug a toaster.
to remove (an electric plug with its cord) from an outlet.
to become unplugged.
to refrain from using digital or electronic devices for a period of time: It's a great place to relax and unplug.
Origin of unplug
1Other words from unplug
- un·plug·ga·ble, adjective
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How to use unplug in a sentence
It includes further features we had suggested, such as making it easier to unplug before bed and limit notifications.
Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how. | Gideon Lichfield | January 10, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewSometimes that means unplugging completely and tramping in the woods, like the weekend I spent camping along Devil’s Path in the Catskills last month.
Heather, waging her own battle with covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, said goodbye to her younger sister on a live stream, tears running down her face as she watched doctors unplug the machine that had helped her sister breathe.
‘I said goodbye to my sister through a computer screen’ | Holly Bailey | January 2, 2021 | Washington PostYou went straight to your room, unplugged your phone from the charger.
According to their legal complaint, Drumwright had permission to use a generator for his PA system, and he approached a deputy to ask why the generator was being unplugged.
Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls | by Adriana Gallardo, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy | December 4, 2020 | ProPublica
No cars, no medicine, no microwaves, no phones—just unplug from everything science has given you and leave the rest of us alone.
Southern Baptist Convention: Trans People Don’t Exist | Jay Michaelson | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to say we need to unplug … stopping progress is a bad, bad, bad idea.
Relax, Robots Won’t Take Every Job: ‘The Second Machine Age’ | Scott Timberg | March 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe rarely suggests that we develop the fortitude to unplug our brains from the news-generated matrix that subsumes us.
What is the News? Whatever Alain de Botton Thinks It Is | Robert Herritt | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne obvious (and healthy) way to unplug is to go exercise—ideally doing something that requires you use both hands.
“I never unplug,” says Edith Zimmerman, editor of The Hairpin.
His partner moved quickly and efficiently around the bed, eventually figuring out how to unplug the horn.
Makers | Cory DoctorowTo unplug a lamp you should grasp (cord) (plug) firmly and pull.
Electricity for the 4-H Scientist | Eric B. Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for unplug
/ (ʌnˈplʌɡ) /
to disconnect (an electrical appliance) by taking the plug out of the socket
to remove a plug or obstruction from
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