Pulling
Pulling noun - The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
Turn off
Turn off verb - To cause to feel disgust.
Both terms in one sentence
- The video for Billy Idol's "Cradle Of Love", where the man who lets the girl next door play her song and goes crazy in his apartment tries to turn off the music, even by pulling the plug on the stereo.
Source: It Won't Turn Off
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