put something to sleep

put something to sleep
PUT DOWN, destroy.
sleep

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put something to sleep phrase
to give an animal drugs so that it dies quickly without feeling any pain

Poor old Spot had to be put to sleep.

Thesaurus: treating animals and animal welfarehyponym
Main entry: sleep

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kill an animal, esp. an old, sick, or badly injured one, painlessly (used euphemistically)
Computing put a computer on standby while it is not being used, esp. in order to reduce power consumption

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put sth to ˈsleep idiom
to kill a sick or injured animal by giving it drugs so that it dies without pain. People say put to sleep to avoid saying kill .
Main entry:sleepidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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