plug in

What does "plug in" mean?

1. To connect an electrical device to power
2. To insert data into a system

Examples

• Can you plug in my phone?
• Make sure the printer is plugged in.
• Just plug in your email and click submit.
• She plugged in the numbers and calculated the total.

How to use it

Extremely common for connecting electronic devices.

Word order

Can be separated: 'plug the lamp in' or 'plug in the lamp'.

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• get in

  To enter a place, building, or vehicle

• turn in

  To go to bed (informal)

• give in

  To finally agree to something after refusing or resisting

• bring in

  To introduce or implement something new

• come in

  To enter a room, building, or place

• break in

  To enter a building illegally, usually by force