put someone on notice

put someone on notice
put someone on notice (or serve notice)
warn someone of something about or likely to occur, esp. in a formal or threatening manner

we're going to put foreign governments on notice that we want a change of trade policy


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  • put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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