put under

Render fully unconscious

To put someone under is to administer anesthesia, rendering them unconscious for a medical procedure: They put her under for the surgery.

The phrase can also mean to place someone in a subordinate position or under control: The new regulations put small businesses under.

To put under can additionally mean to cause financial ruin—a business put under has failed or been forced to close.

concealment

hide

Conceal or pelt

bury · cache · smuggle · sneak · squirrel away · conceal · store away · pocket · plant · lock away

anesthesia

sedate

Calm and unhurried

drug · narcotize · chloroform · numb · medicate · dope · induce · administer · ether · general anesthesia

subordination

hierarchy

Ranked authority structure

oversight · control · command · governance · subjection · subjugate · dominate · subservience · obedience · compliance

pressure

stress

Pressure, mental or vocal

  • strainExcessive stretching force
  • burdenOppressive weight or duty
  • duressCoercion through threats

coerce · compel · force · squeeze · lean on · push · constrain · press · weigh down · tax

classification

categorize

Assign to distinct groups

  • fileStored collection of data
  • groupAssembled collection of things
  • sortMethod of ordering

organize · catalog · index · bracket · subsume · register · archive · slot · pigeonhole · class

Opposites
consciousness/anesthesia

put underbring around

Cause to agree

wake up · revive · bring to · rouse · awaken

control/subordination

put underliberate

Set free from captivity

free · release · put over · emancipate · empower

physical positioning

put underput over

Accomplish through persuasion

raise · lift · lay over · elevate

Family

put, under, understand, underneath, undergo, underline, putting, puts, undertaking

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G