put the wind up someone

put the wind up someone
(Brit. informal)
SCARE, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, alarm.
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put the wind up someone (informal)
To make someone apprehensive or agitated
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Main Entry: ↑wind

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put the wind up someone informal phrase
to make someone feel nervous or frightened

The talk of redundancies has put the wind up us.

Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym to make someone worried or nervoussynonym
Main entry: wind

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put the wind up (someone)
Brit informal : to make (someone) afraid or nervous

I tried to put the wind up him by threatening to call the police.

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Main Entry: ↑wind

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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