plug
noun
a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
had plugged
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past perfectof plug.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Once the organoids had plugged into the brains of the rats, the animals could receive sensory signals from their whiskers and help generate command signals to guide their movements.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Any time my mind races toward the gutter, the imaginative world I had plugged into pings me toward the center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
No-one was staring at their phone screen and not a single person had plugged their headphones in.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2022
“Hang on tight,” Straka wrote on the site, where he had plugged a forthcoming “grand relaunch” of his campaign.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2022
Zalmay had plugged them in and positioned them behind Fadi’s back, on the right.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
