A tiny query

[pensnest]

In American English, is the phrase "pulled out the plug" correct, or is there something more idiomatic?

Comments

[msktrnanny.livejournal.com]

I've never heard a person actual say I pulled out the plug. Unplugged, just like the MTV show. ;-)

Pulling the plug would immediately get a 'Oh! I'm so sorry!' followed by hollow reassurances about how 'they're better off' now or 'with God'.

[pensnest]

So the 'out' is an Anglicism, as far as you're concerned? I can work with that. Thanks.