Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: get wise
Usage: informal
  1. Understand or realize, usually after some time or initial difficulty
    - catch on [informal], get onto, tumble [informal], latch on [informal], cotton on [informal], twig [Brit, informal], get it, cop on [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: gets wise, got wise, getting wise

Type of: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig [informal], get the picture, grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], savvy