put under

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

put under (third-person singular simple present puts under, present participle putting under, simple past and past participle put under)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ under.
2. (transitive, medicine) To anesthetize someone or render them unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.

   Synonym: put to sleep

   The doctor put me under before I went into surgery.

Translations

anesthetize — see also anesthetize

• Russian: давать наркоз (davatʹ narkoz)

See also

• put down (“euthanize”)
• under the influence
• under the knife

Anagrams

• underput, turned up, upturned