get/put the wind up (someone)

British & Australian, informal

to make someone feel anxious about their situation.

Say you'll take him to court if he doesn't pay up - that should put the wind up him.

• not to mention someone
• not to mention something
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not to speak of
• not to speak of something
• not touch something with a ten-foot pole
• not touch with a ten-foot pole
• not to worry
• not trust an inch
• not trust someone an inch
• not turn a hair
• not with a bang but with a whimper
• not worth the paper is printed on
• not worth the paper something is printed on
• no two ways about it
• no two ways about it.
• not your day
• nouveau riche
• now and then
• No way!
• no way
• nowhere near
• nowhere to be found
• no-win situation
• no wonder