put to sleep

Meaning

1. 1

   put sb to sleepinformal

   to make sb unconscious before an operation by using drugs (called an anaesthetic)

2. 2

   put sth to sleep

   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'.

In the movies · 9

• The-- The vet had to put her to sleep.Trade2007
• your dog out of your will and had an ungrateful nephew put to sleep.Steel Magnolias1989
• Wait, did he say "put to sleep"?The Lego Movie2014
• Then they should be put to sleep, not the dog!White Dog1982
• Next fight, first little nothing jab put him to sleep forever.Cinderella Man2005
• The lavender, we don't want to put you to sleep.Runaway Bride1999
• What I'll do is, I'll go home and I'll put Max to sleep.Mighty Aphrodite1995
• What? No, no, no. Put me to sleep. I wanna be asleep.Orphan2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance
• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight

From the same entry

• let sleeping dogs lie
• sleep like a log
• sleep tight
• live rough
• not get a wink of sleep
• sleep around
• sleep in
• sleep off
• sleep on
• sleep over
• sleep together
• be able to do in your sleep

More idioms

• the survival of the fittest
• it figures
• a last resort
• yes and no
• i'm sorry to say
• without fail
• pick a fight
• without exception
• wouldn't be seen dead
• make use of
• with open arms
• on the run