wise up
Example Sentences
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The public is finally starting to wise up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
Let’s hope we wise up and grab the stick with both hands in time.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2019
"Say, Windy," began Dunk, giving Fred the most natural nickname that occurred to him, "it's all in the family now, so just wise up that I'm Dunk, Gerald's Jerry and Art's Fly."
From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon Stuart
