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Phrase(s): put someone under
Fig. to anesthetize someone. • They put him under with ether. • After you put her under, we will begin the operation., Phrase(s): put someone or something under something
to place someone or something beneath something. • Dave put Sam under the loft in the barn, hoping no one would find him there. • Alice put the birthday present under the couch, where she could get to it in a hurry.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs