wise up
Example Sentences
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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
So unless they wise up and change their minds, the future is looking quite gloomy indeed.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2021
His son insisted that he wise up on climate change.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2020
Because his education has been general in the field, and he now holds a position with a company manufacturing steam-turbines, say, he must "wise up," as the saying goes, on the subject of steam-turbines.
From Opportunities in Engineering by Horton, Charles M. (Charles Marcus)
