wise up
Example Sentences
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If the leaders of the party know this fact, they are certainly not going to wise up their foot soldiers.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024
It’s a scam, of course, one that only he knows is happening and it requires him and his hoodwinked team to occasionally hit the road before suckers wise up and want their money back.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023
There are deals being signed left and right, they say, as more people wise up.
From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022
His son insisted that he wise up on climate change.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2020
Up it & like wise up the St. Croix are saw mills, as that country abounds with Pine.
From Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 by Hansen, Marcus L.
