put under

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make someone unconscious by giving them an anaesthetic

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   put someone under

   Usage: Place the patient between put and under: put her under. In this anesthetic sense, put under the patient is unnatural; keep the person before under.

   Patients are put under before this operation so they remain unconscious throughout.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Patients are put under before this operation so they remain unconscious throughout.

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