put the shits up someone

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put 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)

1. (British, slang, vulgar) To scare someone, or give them a fright.
   • 2000, James Berryman, A Sting In The Tail, page 165:

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