put wise to

Example Sentences

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"Yesterday I hadn't been put wise to the sort of games he was up to!"

From Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune by Onions, Mrs. Oliver

When Alfred was put wise to this, he sold the bull for beef.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

Still, it was possible that Pat and Alec might be able to pick up his trail, and the sooner they were put wise to the affair the better.

From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

He ought to be put wise to what's going on.

From Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School by Chapman, Allen

I wuz put wise to it afore I come out by a railroad bloke.

From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese