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.
See also: get, up, wind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
UrbanUWR-bahn (Polish), UR-bən (English)Danish, Swedish, German, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
Golyat-Biblical Hebrew
GellÉRt-Hungarian
MellanMEL-anIrish
Albertaal-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German
SigridSEEG-reed (Finnish)Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)