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wise 1. adjective ► be wise; be wise to; get wise; get wise toto be aware of something; to be warned about something US, 1896.► put wise; put wise toto make someone aware of something; to warn someone about something US, 1913 2. verb to inform or educate someone; to explain something US, 1905.► wise up; wise up toto learn, realise or understand something US, 1919
idiomwiseget/be wise to sb/sthspoken to realize that someone is doing something that is not honest:She used to meet him secretly, until her parents got wise to what was going on.Research showed that these days consumers are wise to artificial markdowns and are refusing to pay the full price for goods.He knew I was wise to him, and he didn't come around here any more.be none the wiser(also not be any the wiser)used in order to say that you still do not understand or know about something, especially when something has happened that could have made you understand or realize:I didn't recognise either of the men, and when they told me their names I was none the wiser.He could easily have slipped in here last night, and we wouldn't have been any the wiser. phrasewise[wised, wised, wising]
wise up
wise up AmE to understand something better or realize the unpleasant truth about something, or to make someone do this: You'd better wise up, Mattie, and listen to what they're saying. Voters are beginning to wise up and realize that it's the economy that's important, not details about politicians’ private lives.wise sb up to sth If he doesn't know what's wrong with their marriage, someone had better wise him up to it.
See:- a fool may give a wise man counsel
- a still tongue makes a wise head
- a wise guy
- a wise man of Gotham
- a word to the wise
- a word to the wise is enough
- a word to the wise is sufficient
- be penny-wise and pound-foolish
- be wise after the event
- be wise to (someone or something)
- be/get wise to somebody/something
- crack wise
- early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise)
- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
- early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
- fools build houses and wise men live in them
- get wise (to someone or something)
- get wise to
- get wise to (someone or something)
- it is a wise child that knows its own father
- It is easy to be wise after the event
- it's easy to be wise after the event
- One cannot love and be wise
- penny wise and pound foolish
- penny wise pound foolish
- penny-wise and pound-foolish
- put (one) wise
- put somebody wise
- put someone wise
- put wise
- set (one) wise
- still tongue makes a wise head
- Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise
- wise apple
- wise as Solomon
- wise guy
- wise to
- wise to someone/something
- wise up
- wise up to
- wise up to someone/something
- wisecracker
- word to the wise
- word to the wise, a
- you can't put a wise head on young shoulders
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