put sb out of their misery
informalDefinition
› to stop someone worrying, usually by giving them information that they have been waiting for: We try to put our students out of their misery and give them their exam results as early as possible.Announcing, informing and stating
(Definition of put sb out of their misery from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sb off their stride/stroke idiom
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put sb on a pedestal idiom
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put sb on phrasal verb
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put sb on the spot idiom
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put sb onto sth phrasal verb
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put sb out phrasal verb
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put sb out to pasture idiom
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put sb through phrasal verb
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put sb through sth phrasal verb (BAD EXPERIENCE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth phrasal verb
- advise verb
- advisement noun
- awaken sb to sth phrasal verb
- come out phrasal verb (BECOME KNOWN)
- commit verb (PROMISE)
- confront sb with sth phrasal verb
- declare verb (EXPRESS)
- disclose verb
- fyi
- known adjective
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- pronouncement noun
- put sth out phrasal verb (MAKE AVAILABLE)
- sensitize verb (MAKE AWARE)
- statement noun
- tell verb (SPEAK)
- trumpet verb (ANNOUNCE)
- unannounced adjective
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