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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)
- (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