wised up

But the electoral results we’ve seen thus far show incontestably that the public has wised up.

Mitla’s owners eventually wised up and invited him to learn how to properly prepare them.

Perhaps the American public has finally wised up to the fact that women are people, not either angels or she-devils—but that hasn’t stopped many powerful men from recently hanging their innocence on claims that their wives are either too virtuous to disappoint, or too independent to be trusted.

Perhaps the American public has finally wised up to the fact that women are people, not either angels or she-devils—but that hasn’t stopped many powerful men from recently hanging their innocence on claims that their wives are either too virtuous to disappoint, or too independent to be trusted.

Then she wised up and went to law school.