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puts someone wise

puts someone wise is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone wise.

Meaning of put someone wise

Verb

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

  1. (dated, often, slang) To explain; to inform of something.
    • Let me put you wise to what's going on.

Questions about puts someone wise

What is puts someone wise the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts someone wise is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone wise.

Words near puts someone wise in the dictionary

  1. puts someone on to
  2. puts someone out of their misery
  3. puts someone to their trumps
  4. puts someone under
  5. puts someone under the screw
  6. puts someone wise
  7. puts someone's back up
  8. puts someone's light out
  9. puts someone's lights out
  10. puts someone's pipe out
  11. puts something behind one

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