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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.
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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

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