put the shits up someone

verb

To scare someone, or give them a fright.

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Meanings

verbput the shits up someone (third-person singular simple present puts the shits up someone, present participle putting the shits up someone, simple past and past participle put the shits up someone)

present singular third person puts the shits up someone · participle present putting the shits up someone

  1. UKslangvulgarTo scare someone, or give them a fright.

    He would put the shits up me by phoning me in the middle of the night

    2000, James Berryman, A Sting In The Tail, page 165
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