[put
wise]{v.}, {slang} Сообщать кому-либо факты, знание которых даст преимущество
над другими или предупредит его о какой-л. возможности, либо опасности.
/The new boy did not know that Jim was
playing a trick on him, so I put him wise./ Часто используется с "to":
/Someone put the police wise to the plan
of the bank robbers, and when the robbers went into the bank, the police
were waiting to catch them./ Ср.: TIP OFF.