get the wind up

get/put the wind up somebody

(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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Odysseus	o-DIS-ee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology
MatjaŽ	-	Slovene
Regina	rə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)	English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Alvina	[æl'vainə]
Dirk	DIRK (Dutch), DEERK (German), DURK (English)	Dutch, German, English
SalomÉ	sə-loo-ME (Portuguese)	French, Spanish, Portuguese