get wise

Questions about get wise

What does get wise mean?

get wise means "understand, usually after some initial difficulty".

What is another word for get wise?

Close synonyms include catch on, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get wise a common word?

get wise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.