wise up
Example Sentences
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If the leaders of the party know this fact, they are certainly not going to wise up their foot soldiers.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024
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
Did you shut them down, did they trip on themselves, or did they eventually wise up and treat you with respect?
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
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
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
