wise up to
Example Sentences
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For years, Vietnamese American cookbook author and expert Andrea Nguyen has maintained that Americans need to wise up to the wonders of fermented shrimp paste.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2019
By 1992, however, lawmakers began to wise up to the predatory recruitment practices and the virtually useless degrees these colleges were offering students.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018
All who want candor are going to have to wise up to what mainstream journalism is actually offering them and seek out voices willing to be more frank.
From Slate • May 3, 2018
As outsiders wise up to the company’s underlying problems, raising more cash may be a struggle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2018
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
