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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

put someone wise en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (dated, often, slang, with to) To explain; to inform of something.
    • If each of you men who wrote me last year and told me what a regular fellow I was for putting you wise to our Shaving Cream, and what great stuff it was, would just tell your friends[…] 1916 March 11, “[advertisement]Jim Henry, Optimist”, in Saturday Evening Post:
    • "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
    • Let me put you wise to what's going on.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put someone wise Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put someone wise Tense=Past lexicographic
puts someone wise Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting someone wise Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic