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put the shits up someone

put the shits up someone verb: to scare someone, or give them a fright.

Verb

put the shits up someone (third-person singular simple present puts the shits up someone, present participle putting the shits up someone, simple past and past participle put the shits up someone)

  1. (UK, slang, vulgar) To scare someone, or give them a fright.
    • He would put the shits up me by phoning me in the middle of the night2000, James Berryman, A Sting In The Tail, page 165

Forms of put the shits up someone

third-person singular presentputs the shits up someone
present participleputting the shits up someone
past participleput the shits up someone
pastput the shits up someone

Questions about put the shits up someone

What does put the shits up someone mean?
Put the shits up someone means to scare someone, or give them a fright.
What part of speech is put the shits up someone?
Put the shits up someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the shits up someone?
The past tense of put the shits up someone is put the shits up someone.

Words near put the shits up someone in the dictionary

  1. put the record straight
  2. put the saddle on the right horse
  3. put the same shoe on every foot
  4. put the screw
  5. put the screws
  6. put the shits up someone
  7. put the shoe on the other foot
  8. put the squeeze on
  9. put the stunners on
  10. put the tin lid on it
  11. put the toothpaste back in the tube

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