put the wind up in English

Forms: puts the wind up [present, singular, third-person], putting the wind up [participle, present], put the wind up [participle, past], put the wind up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the wind up}} put the wind up (third-person singular simple present puts the wind up, present participle putting the wind up, simple past and past participle put the wind up)

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "P. G. Wodehouse\nI find it extraordinarily difficult to explain why it is that she has always put the wind up me to such a frightful extent."
        }
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        "To frighten or disturb."
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        "(informal, transitive, British) To frighten or disturb."
      ],
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          "word": "get the wind up"
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    {
      "form": "puts the wind up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting the wind up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the wind up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the wind up",
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        "past"
      ]
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"put the wind up" meaning in English

Verb