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operate on |
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operate on someone to perform a surgical operation on someone. They decided not to operate on her. She wasn't operated on after all. See also: operate operate on something 1. to work on something; to work with the insides of something. (As a surgeon might operate.) He tried to operate on his watch and ruined it. Todd operated on the door lock and fixed it. 2. to function or conduct business on a certain principle or assumption. The company has always operated on the theory that the customer is always right. Sam operates on the assumption that everyone is out to get him. See also: operate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If her manners have so great an influence on my resentful heart, you may judge how much more strongly they operate on Mr. And if we consider that nevertheless there have been at all times certain officers whose duty it was to see that private buildings contributed to public ornament, the difficulty of reaching high perfection with but the materials of others to operate on, will be readily acknowledged. Don't let me have a woman who doesn't know who I am to operate on my beard to-morrow morning. |
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