put to sleep

put to sleep
verb
1. help someone go to bed (Freq. 1)
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Mother put the baby to sleep

• Hypernyms: ↑put
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. kill gently, as with an injection
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the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep

• Syn: ↑put away
• Hypernyms: ↑kill
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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put to sleep
1. To anaesthetize
2. To kill (an animal) painlessly (euphemistic)
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Main Entry: ↑sleep

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put to sleep
1 put (an animal) to sleep : to give (a sick or injured animal) drugs that will make it die without pain

We had to put my cat to sleep last week.

2 put (someone) to sleep
2 a informal : to use a drug to make (someone) unconscious before a medical operation : to give (someone) anesthesia before a medical operation

The doctor put the patient to sleep.

2 b : to get (someone) ready to sleep for the night

Did you put the kids to sleep? [=did you put the kids to bed?]

2 c : to make someone fall asleep from boredom

That movie practically put me to sleep.

Her lectures used to put him to sleep.

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Main Entry: ↑sleep

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  • put to sleep — ► put to sleep kill (an animal) painlessly. Main Entry: ↑sleep …   English terms dictionary

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  • put to sleep —    to kill (of a domestic animal)    What you do with old, ill, or unwanted pets:     I ll have it put to sleep, he shouted... Oh, darling, she pleaded, he s only a puppy. (Ustinov, 1966) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • put to sleep — put (something) to sleep to kill an animal medically. Mitzie is an old, sick cat, and I think we may have to put her to sleep …   New idioms dictionary

  • put to sleep — {v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall asleep. * /Mother used to put us to sleep by telling us a good night story and giving us a kiss./ 2. To kill with an injection (said of animals). * /Dr. Murphy, the veterinarian, put our sick, old dog to sleep./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put to sleep — {v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall asleep. * /Mother used to put us to sleep by telling us a good night story and giving us a kiss./ 2. To kill with an injection (said of animals). * /Dr. Murphy, the veterinarian, put our sick, old dog to sleep./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put\ to\ sleep — v. phr. 1. To cause to fall asleep. Mother used to put us to sleep by telling us a good night story and giving us a kiss. 2. To kill with an injection (said of animals). Dr. Murphy, the veterinarian, put our sick, old dog to sleep …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put to sleep — verb a) to kill an animal in order to end suffering, often with an injection; see euthanasia b) to give a general anesthetic prior to surgery …   Wiktionary

  • put to sleep — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. destroy, subject to euthanAsia, murder; see kill 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • put to sleep — Meaning Euphemism for killing usually of an animal. Origin …   Meaning and origin of phrases

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