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

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

From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

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

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.