putting under

Verb

put under (third-person singular simple present puts under, present participle putting under, simple past and past participle put under)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, under.
2. (transitive) To anesthetize someone or render them unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
   • The doctor put me under before I went into surgery.

   Synonyms:

   put to sleep