 A plug provides electricity, so what happens when you pull the plug? My first annual pickleball celebration party is way over budget. Well, Dan, maybe you don't need a ten-piece jazz band, and the snake handler alone costs a thousand dollars. I love snakes. Maybe I just pulled a plug on this whole thing. Dan, you just need to pull the plug on the $500 chocolate fountain? Dan. Pulling the plug just means to put an end to a plan or activity. If I were Dan, I'd pull the plug on the snake handler, not the chocolate fountain. And that's English in a minute.