plug into something phrasal verb (
see also plug)
1. plug (something) into something to connect one piece of electrical equipment to another, or to be connected:
Your phone can be plugged into the cigarette lighter socket in your car. Games consoles plug into the back of the TV.2. informal to realize that something is available to be used and use it:
A lot of students don’t plug into all the research facilities we have. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
plug into v. To connect (an electrical appliance) to a power wire by inserting its plug into a receptacle or hole.
He thought he had left the lamp plugged into the wall, and so was puzzled when it wouldn't light that night. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲