Idiom
put someone out of their misery
Meaning
To submit a suffering person or an animal to euthanasia.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The vet decided to put the sick dog out of its misery.”
“After watching the injured bird struggle for hours, the farmer finally decided to put it out of its misery.”
“The doctor realized the patient's condition was terminal and irreversible, so he discussed the difficult choice to put him out of his misery.”
Examples
simple
“The vet decided to put the sick dog out of its misery.”
contextual
“After watching the injured bird struggle for hours, the farmer finally decided to put it out of its misery.”
complex
“The doctor realized the patient's condition was terminal and irreversible, so he discussed the difficult choice to put him out of his misery.”
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