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He said, "Scrub down, put on a mask, and get into a gown." And next thing I knew , I was right next to him at the operating table. There was this woman, the patient, on the table, naked from the waist down. And he took a knife and went zip--just like that! Well..."
scrub down
To wash someone or something very thoroughly and vigorously.
next thing I knew
used when something surprising happens very suddenly
go zip
In this context it implies that the surgeon made the cut with the same speed and confident motion as the simple act of opening or closing a zipper.
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