Plug
Plug verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: plugged away at solving the math problem
Rest
Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.
Usage example: a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest
How words are described
| special | special plug | special rest |
| long | long plug | long rest |
| ordinary | ordinary plug | ordinary rest |
| brief | brief plug | brief rest |
| Other adjectives: big, bad, naked, literal, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| head | plug head | rest head |
| controller | plug controller | rest controller |
| times | plug times | rest times |
Both words in one sentence
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Home Movies: UPN pulled the plug after just five episodes, but Adult Swim picked it up for the rest of the first season and then another three years.
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She develops a stroke and loses almost all brain function, and Dexter pulls the plug himself, then buries her at sea with the rest of his victims.
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However, this has been how they've gotten the drop on a number of their targets and many of the rest they plug in the moment right after transformation when they're still catching their balance.
Source: Transformation Is a Free Action
Cite this Source
Rest and Plug. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/rest
Plug & Rest. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/rest>.
Rest or Plug. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/rest.
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