get wise to



get wise to

Also be wise to. See through the deception of; also, become aware of. For example, It took a while, but she finally got wise to Fred's lies, or I'm wise to the fact that her clothes come from a thrift shop. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
See also: get, wise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shinjusheen-jooJapanese
Egill-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
SaibhSIEVIrish
Livnat-Hebrew
Leyla-Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, English (Modern)
'Elifelet-Biblical Hebrew