go under the knife

go under the knife
go under the knife
Fig. to submit to surgery; to have surgery done on oneself. •

She goes under the knife tomorrow for her gallbladder.

Frank lives in constant fear of having to go under the knife.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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