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
Urban	UWR-bahn (Polish), UR-bən (English)	Danish, Swedish, German, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History
Golyat	-	Biblical Hebrew
GellÉRt	-	Hungarian
Mellan	MEL-an	Irish
Alberta	al-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German
Sigrid	SEEG-reed (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)