put the wind up (someone)



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put the wind up (someone)

To make someone very anxious, upset, or frightened. If they keep putting pressure on you, we'll threaten them with legal action; that should put the wind up them!
See also: put, up, wind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JosÉho-SE (Spanish), zhoo-ZE (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
Prem-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
DorcasDAWR-kəs (English)Biblical
Lyudmil-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Oleksiy-Ukrainian
Hala-Arabic