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Meaning of put someone wise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To explain; to inform of something.

dated, often, slang

Examples

“Let me put you wise to what's going on.”

“If each of you men who wrote me last year and told me what a regular fellow I was for putting you wise to our Shaving Cream, and what great stuff it was, would just tell your friends[…]”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

put someone's back up put someone's light out put someone's lights out put someone's pipe out put something behind one put something down to experience