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put someone in hospital

put someone in hospital verb: to injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.

Verb

put someone in hospital (third-person singular simple present puts someone in hospital, present participle putting someone in hospital, simple past and past participle put someone in hospital)

  1. (UK, colloquial) To injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
    • I'll put you in hospital if you don't shut up.
    Synonyms:
    harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for

Synonyms of put someone in hospital

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Forms of put someone in hospital

third-person singular presentputs someone in hospital
present participleputting someone in hospital
past participleput someone in hospital
pastput someone in hospital

Questions about put someone in hospital

What does put someone in hospital mean?
Put someone in hospital means to injure (someone) to the point that they need serious medical attention.
What part of speech is put someone in hospital?
Put someone in hospital is a verb.
What is the past tense of put someone in hospital?
The past tense of put someone in hospital is put someone in hospital.

Words near put someone in hospital in the dictionary

  1. put salt on someone's tail
  2. put some timber on
  3. put someone hip
  4. put someone in a box
  5. put someone in a false position
  6. put someone in hospital
  7. put someone in mind of
  8. put someone in their place
  9. put someone on blast
  10. put someone on game
  11. put someone on ice

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