he was trying to put the wind up him with stories of how hard teaching was
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I tried to put the wind up him by threatening to call the police.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
put the wind up — ► put the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten. Main Entry: ↑wind … English terms dictionary
put the wind up — get/put the wind up (someone) British & Australian, informal to make someone feel anxious about their situation. Say you ll take him to court if he doesn t pay up that should put the wind up him … New idioms dictionary
put the wind up somebody — put the ˈwind up sb idiom (BrE, informal) to make sb frightened • Tell him that the police have been informed that ll put the wind up him. Main entry: ↑windidiom … Useful english dictionary
put the wind up someone — (Brit. informal) SCARE, frighten, make afraid, make nervous, throw into a panic, alarm. → wind * * * put the wind up someone (informal) To make someone apprehensive or agitated • • • Main Entry: ↑wind * * * put the wind up someone informal … Useful english dictionary
put the wind up someone — get/put the wind up (someone) British & Australian, informal to make someone feel anxious about their situation. Say you ll take him to court if he doesn t pay up that should put the wind up him … New idioms dictionary
put the wind up someone — informal to make someone feel nervous or frightened The talk of redundancies has put the wind up us … English dictionary
put the wind up — verb To frighten or disturb. See Also: get the wind up, have the wind up … Wiktionary
Put the wind up ya! — to frighten someone or to intimidate … Dictionary of Australian slang
put the wind up ya! — Australian Slang to frighten someone or to intimidate … English dialects glossary
put the wind up — scare, frighten … English contemporary dictionary
