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put the wind up

put the wind up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo t stressed th ee noun wind, literary wahynd uhp]
    • /pʊt stressed ði noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [poo t stressed th ee noun wind, literary wahynd uhp]
    • /pʊt stressed ði noun wɪnd, literary waɪnd ʌp/

Definitions of put the wind up words

  • noun put the wind up to frighten or alarm 0
  • verb put the wind up (Idiomatic) VT (Britain) To frighten or disturb. 0
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Parts of speech for Put the wind up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Put the wind up

put the wind up popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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