wise up to



wise up to

Make or become aware, informed or sophisticated, as in It's time someone wised you up to Mary; she's an incorrigible flirt, or As soon as Tony wised up to what the company was doing, he quit. [Slang; early 1900s] Also see put wise.
See also: up, wise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Grazianograht-SYAH-noItalian
Italo-Italian
Dae-Jungday-joongKorean
GeraldineJER-əl-deenEnglish
Nirmalaneer-MAH-lah (Indonesian)Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali, Indonesian
KreŠImira-Croatian