dress a/the/(one's) wound

dress a/the/(one's) wound

To clean, apply a medical treatment to, and bandage a wound. The nurse here will dress the wound, and then you'll be free to go. Come on, you have to wash your hands before you dress a wound—that's just common sense. I'll do my best to dress your wound, but you'll need proper medical attention soon.
See also: dress, wound
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wound
  • bandage up
  • wind up with
  • wind up with (someone or something)
  • go to town
  • ooze out
  • open wound
  • drunk as a lord
  • (as) drunk as a lord
  • pull oneself off