put wise to
Example Sentences
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Course I'd been put wise to who this Cuyler Morrison De Kay was.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell
When Alfred was put wise to this, he sold the bull for beef.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.
I wuz put wise to it afore I come out by a railroad bloke.
From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
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)
"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
