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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]



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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.

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

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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.

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That would put Wise in a terrible place.

They likewise should be put wise.

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