verb
- present participle of wise; becoming aware of or informed about something
Usage: informal; often used in phrasal verb ‘wise up’
Examples
- She’s finally wising up to his lies.
- The students are wising up to the teacher’s tricks.
- He’s been wising up about financial planning lately.
- They’re wising up to the company’s real motives.
- I’m wising up to how this system actually works.
- The voters are wising up to the politician’s empty promises.