Synonyms for operate on
op·er·ate on

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1. operate on, operateverb

   perform surgery on

   "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

   Synonyms:
   lock, run, operate, manoeuvre, engage, manoeuver, go, function, work, control, mesh, maneuver

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1. Tammy Duckworth:

   I was trying to operate on a schedule and trying to force a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old to operate on a senator's schedule, which is ridiculous when you put it that way, we've set up a little office for him when he's in there with the door shut, and I'm like,' how come you get to be in that office with the door shut ? And I am out here at the kitchen table and trying to homeschool and do this ?' So, you know, it's been rough.

2. John Kerry:

   I operate on the presumption that Iran is a fundamental danger, that they are engaged in negative activities throughout the [Middle East] region, that they’re destabilizing places, and that they consider Israel a fundamental enemy at this moment in time.

3. Felmont Eaves:

   It's important to understand their motivation and where they are psychologically, you don't want to operate on something you don't have to.

4. Yuriy Ihnat:

   Ukraine has been effective in the sky because we operate on our own land, the enemy flying into our airspace is flying into the zone of our air defense systems.

5. Alfred A. Montapert:

   In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations. Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeper down. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher. Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to find supernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. More time and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.