pull the pin

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pull the pin (third-person singular simple present pulls the pin, present participle pulling the pin, simple past and past participle pulled the pin)

  1. (colloquial) To opt out; to withdraw; to resign.
    • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
      He intended to become Castle Rock's Head Selectman when Steve Frazier finally pulled the pin, and after six or seven years of that, he intended to stand for the State House of Representatives.