put someone out of its misery
- put someone out of its misery
- put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery
1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain.
The horse's leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery.
Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his buddy's hand and asked his friend to put him out of his misery.
I thought I'd call her with the test results today and put her out of her misery.
Business was so bad, they considered bankruptcy to put the company out of its misery.
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put someone out of their misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his … New idioms dictionary
put something out of its misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his … New idioms dictionary
put someone out of (their) misery — put (something/someone) out of (their) misery to kill an animal or person because they are in a lot of pain and you want to end their suffering. Both of its back legs were shattered and I figured the kindest thing would be to put it out of its… … New idioms dictionary
put something out of their misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his … New idioms dictionary
put something out of (their) misery — put (something/someone) out of (their) misery to kill an animal or person because they are in a lot of pain and you want to end their suffering. Both of its back legs were shattered and I figured the kindest thing would be to put it out of its… … New idioms dictionary
put someone out of misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his … New idioms dictionary
put something out of misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his … New idioms dictionary
put out of (their) misery — put (something/someone) out of (their) misery to kill an animal or person because they are in a lot of pain and you want to end their suffering. Both of its back legs were shattered and I figured the kindest thing would be to put it out of its… … New idioms dictionary
misery — [[t]mɪ̱zəri[/t]] miseries 1) N VAR Misery is great unhappiness. All that money brought nothing but sadness and misery and tragedy. ...the miseries of his youth. 2) N UNCOUNT Misery is the way of life and unpleasant living conditions of people who … English dictionary
misery */*/ — UK [ˈmɪzərɪ] / US noun Word forms misery : singular misery plural miseries 1) a) [uncountable] the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable Our people have suffered untold hardship and misery. The heatwave brought traffic misery to… … English dictionary
