Pen's Nest

Well, me, I would say "I unplugged it," rather than "I pulled out the plug." But the other isn't wrong, per se. And circumstances would change it: Just turning it off via the plug would be "I unplugged it." But if it was more complicated, then: "I crawled under the desk to get to the outlet, and pulled out the plug."

Not helping, am I? heh.

I'm a little torn about the "out" there--I'm not sure most folks would say that? But "I pulled the plug" is a more specific bit, that means shut down/turned off/killed/ terminated, and for a wide range of things, not so much electrical devices. Like "I pulled the plug on Roger's project after he lost all that money." Sort of euthanasia-oriented, actually.