Have an anaesthetic

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Have an anaesthetic

Post by lolwhites » Sun Sep 07, 2008 4:56 pm

He's going to have an operation and will have to have an anaesthetic

What do you understand by an anaesthetic. Does it refer to the actual injection or gas, in the same way that have an aspirin, an aspirin refers to the actual pill? Or does it refer to the action, like a haircut in have a haircut?
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Post by woodcutter » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:47 pm

Seems like an actual tangible(ish) thing to me.
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