DEFINITIONS

wise up to

Make or become aware, informed or sophisticated, as in It's time someone wised you up to Mary; she's an incorrigible flirt, or As soon as Tony wised up to what the company was doing, he quit. [Slang; early 1900s] Also see put wise.

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Words related to wise up to

disclose, reveal, notice, recognize, expose, spot, distinguish, see, observe, identify, catch, uncover, find, encounter, unmask, note, espy, descry, ascertain, meet

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