wise up
Example Sentences
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Just when the Lakers organization seemed to wise up and settle down and eschew short-term wins for big-picture gains, here it goes panicking and plotting and going all Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024
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
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
Let’s hope we wise up and grab the stick with both hands in time.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2019
You've got to wise up about Gresson with the whole forces of the British State arrayed officially against you.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
