Definition of go under the knife
go under the knife 
verb
- to get plastic surgery.
Citation from "Jessica Simpson Deflates Breast Reduction Rumors", AOL Music Blog, Contessa Gayles, September 8 2011 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: medicine (related to).
Last edited on Sep 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 26 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'medicine (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: an antidepressant pill. | |
| Definitions include: Old southern term for medicinal plants. | |
| Definitions include: cosmetic surgery on the nose. | |
| Definitions include: oil. | |
| Definitions include: gossip, secret information. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "normal for Norfolk", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: the universal healthcare program in the United States proposed by the Obama administration. | |
| Definitions include: a tablet of Benzedrine. | |
| Definitions include: anabolic steroids used for fast muscle mass building. | |
| Definitions include: a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: lip balm. Origin: Canada. | |
| Definitions include: a psychologist or psychiatrist. | |
| Definitions include: a prescription for medicine. | |
| Definitions include: nickname for an anaesthetist, used by doctors in the UK. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Guardian Reader Of Low Intelligence in Ethnic Skirt", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
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Other terms relating to 'go': | |
| Definitions include: completely ready. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people. | |
| Definitions include: excited and ready to start. | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
| Definitions include: the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: to get a person excited. | |
| Definitions include: to move one's legs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: to say. | |
Other terms relating to 'knife': | |
| Definitions include: used only for comparison, to imply that a person is either insane or unintelligent. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
Other terms relating to 'under': | |
| Definitions include: Australia. | |
| Definitions include: to be able to drink more alcohol than another. | |
| Definitions include: "from under". | |
| Definitions include: to become hot under the collar (i.e. angry.) | |
| Definitions include: to annoy. | |
| Definitions include: angry. | |
| Definitions include: to give in to pressure. | |
| Definitions include: dead and buried. | |
| Definitions include: to overwhelm. | |
| Definitions include: to become a mentor to a person. | |
| Definitions include: to sacrifice another person for personal gain. | |
| Definitions include: underpants | |
| Definitions include: as one of one's prior accomplishments. | |
| Definitions include: underpants / underwear. | |
| Definitions include: under pressure. | |
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