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Get wise   /gɛt waɪz/   Listen
Get wise

verb
1.
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.  Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, latch on, tumble, twig.






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"Get wise" Quotes from Famous Books



... Professor Latimer, where he points out the philosophical value of dishwashing. Some of Latimer's talk is so much in common with my ideas that I've been rather hoping he'd drop in here some day. I'd like to meet him. As for American poets, get wise to ...
— The Haunted Bookshop • Christopher Morley

... get for thinking I had a real surprise up my sleeve. You sit back with that innocent kid face of yours and let me spill all the dope—and then tell me perfectly matter-of-factly that you knew it all the time. How'd you ever get wise to the thing, anyway?" ...
— Midnight • Octavus Roy Cohen

... if that trailer that I am pretty sure Montagne Lewis sent after me does not get wise to the subject of our talk, it may be a slick job we have done and will do. I admit I am rather afraid of the enemy. You Swifts must keep ...
— Tom Swift and his Electric Locomotive - or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails • Victor Appleton

... "Did you get wise to the play about the shells?" asked Lund. "A smart trick, though Deming almost tumbled. Carlsen got those dumb fools of hunters to fire away every shell they happened to have for'ard. If the magazine's empty, I'll bet Carlsen knows where they's plenty more shells, ...
— A Man to His Mate • J. Allan Dunn



Words linked to "Get wise" :   savvy, twig, grasp, comprehend, dig, apprehend, compass, get the picture, grok



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