perform on
perform (something) on (someone or something)
To begin and bring to completion some kind of procedure or activity focused on someone or something. I won't have anything to drink, thanks—I'm performing open-heart surgery on one of my patients tomorrow. He was arrested for performing experiments on animals. We've performed an exhaustive scan on your computer, but we couldn't find any malicious software.
See also: on, perform
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
perform something on someone or something
to do something to someone or something; to carry out a procedure on someone or something. The surgeon performed a simple office procedure on the patient. Do you expect me to perform magic on this problem?
See also: on, perform
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- perform (something) on (someone or something)
- drink to
- drink to (someone or something)
- (Can I) get you something (to drink)?
- get you?
- drink (someone's or something's) health
- drink to (someone's or something's) health
- drink somebody's health
- name your poison
- precedence over (someone or something)