put someone under

English

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Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To anesthetize someone or render them unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
    The doctor put me under before I went into surgery.

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