put wise

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

Example Sentences

He marched the Pumas down the field and found Nicolas MacMillan, a Buffalo commit who transferred in from New York before the season, for an eight-yard strike that put Wise up 20-13.

From Washington Post

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

From Golf Digest

If you know your characters intimately, you will not put wise words into the mouth of a clown, unless you have suitably provided for such a surprise; neither will you write long speeches for the sullen villain who is to be the human devil of the narrative.

From Project Gutenberg

That would put Wise in a terrible place.

From Time Magazine Archive

They likewise should be put wise.

From Time Magazine Archive