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Verb: wise up
Usage: informal
  1. Get wise to
    "They wised up to it"
     
  2. Cause someone to become aware of something

Derived forms: wises up, wised up, wising up

Type of: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, inform, learn, pick up, see

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