wise up to someone/something

wise up (to someone/something)

in. to (finally) begin to understand someone or something; to realize and accept the facts about someone or something. (Also as a command.) Come on, Sally! Wise up!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madlyn	MAD-lin	English
Columbanus	-	Late Roman
Timo (1)	TEE-mo	Finnish, German, Dutch
Pallavi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Thutmose	thoot-MO-sə (English), thoot-MOS (English)	Ancient Egyptian (Anglicized)
Vesa (2)	-	Albanian