put sb on sth
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to tell someone to start taking a particular medicine or eating particular foods:
Doctors put her on antibiotics after discovering an infection.
My coach put me on a high-protein diet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetist
- anesthesiology
- bolus
- dispense
- doping
- dose
- drug
- ED
- inject
- knock
- knock sb out
- overprescribe
- PCA
- prescribe
- put
- sedate
- sedation
- self-medicate
- tranquillize
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Diets & dieting
Giving orders & commands