wise up

1. 1.

   get wise to

   “They wised up to it”

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2. 2.

   cause someone to become aware of something

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Questions about wise up

What does wise up mean?

wise up means "get wise to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is wise up a common word?

wise up 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.