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wise up

verb

  1. slang.
    often foll by to to become or cause to become aware or informed (of)
  2. tr to make more intellectually demanding or sophisticated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In announcing its county probe, the Justice Department said Bondi hoped other jurisdictions would wise up and “voluntarily” improve their processes to protect gun rights.

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"I am really, really worried we could see loss of life in the time ahead if people don't wise up and stop lighting these malicious and deliberate fires."

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If the leaders of the party know this fact, they are certainly not going to wise up their foot soldiers.

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Of course, what is especially critical is how many of these defendants will wise up and listen to Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

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It’s a scam, of course, one that only he knows is happening and it requires him and his hoodwinked team to occasionally hit the road before suckers wise up and want their money back.

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