wise up
Example Sentences
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When do you suppose our major universities will wise up to the notion of serving as a free farm club for the NFL and NBA?
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025
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
Brett Baird, the office manager for Green Home Solutions, which does weatherization work in Pennsylvania and New Jersey under agreements with local utilities, said consumers are just beginning to wise up.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022
There are deals being signed left and right, they say, as more people wise up.
From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022
I told Greenback to wise up his boy, as look at the trouble that got caused.
From Arm of the Law by Harrison, Harry
