put wise

Idioms  

1. Inform or enlighten someone, as in You'd better put Arthur wise about the protocol before he visits them. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

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put wise

The 2014 induction would be skipped, with the extra time used to put wise heads together and reevaluate the selection process.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 22, 2014

It was only a friendly visit, but into it she put wise counsel as well as thoughtful understanding.

From The Hero of Hill House by Hale, Mabel

The poet should not make clowns the companions of kings, nor put wise counsels into the mouth of fools.

From Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism by Clark, Donald Lemen

There is a simple way, Messieurs the Masses to correct public evils: put wise and good men into power.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)

I'm blunt, but it's just as well for you to be put wise quick.

From The Day of the Beast by Grey, Zane