Put somebody to sleep

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To help someone become unconscious or fall asleep (often by using drugs or anaesthetics).

The dentist will put you to sleep before he removes your wisdom teeth.
Visual representation of "put somebody to sleep" - To help someone become unconscious or fall asleep (often by using drugs or anaesthetics)

Often appears as...

  • babies being put to sleep
  • doctors put patients to sleep
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Medical Procedure

Used when a person is made unconscious for surgery.

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Before the operation, the anesthesiologist will put you to sleep.
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Not Literal

Not about regular sleep, related to medical-induced unconsciousness.

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Having my leg injury, the doctor had to put me to sleep to fix it.
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Temporary State

It implies a reversible state unlike natural sleep which ends naturally.

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Once the surgery was done, they waited for me to wake up after being put to sleep.
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