wise up
Example Sentences
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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
So unless they wise up and change their minds, the future is looking quite gloomy indeed.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2021
Gray, the former Sanders press secretary, wishes all progressives would wise up and call themselves leftists, but she understands these semantic discussions are taking place among a tiny subset of highly engaged citizens.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2021
I began to wise up to the whole lay when you got me out of jail.”
From The Coyote A Western Story by Roberts, James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
