Nurse
Operate
Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.
Common collocations
| version | nurse version | operate version |
Both words in one sentence
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Disguised in Drag: When the patients decide to operate on Jack's bunion, they tie up the night nurse and replace her, in full uniform, with Mr Hinton.
Source: Film / Carry On Nurse -
The Simpsons: In "Rednecks and Broomsticks", Doctor Hibbert and his nurse go blind during an operation, leaving Hans Moleman to operate on himself.
Source: Self-Surgery -
Colleen, with no experience actually performing surgery on her own (being a nurse), is forced to operate on the cadre leader to repair a sucking chest wound.
Source: Series / China Beach
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