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get wise en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, often, slang, with "to" or with "with") To be impertinent.
    • He wasn't just getting wise, he was getting wise to my mother.
    • He was getting wise, so I cracked him one.
  2. (intransitive, often, slang, with "to") To become aware of or see through a deception.
    • Last night, I thought he'd sign the deal, but this morning he'd got wised somehow.
    • Well, you knew all along That your dad was getting wise to you, now(You shouldn't have lied now, you shouldn't have lied) 1964, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, performed by The Beach Boys:
    • 'How did you get wise to all this, that's what I want to know?' 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 254:
    • The substitute soon got wise to their particular tricks.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gotten wise Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
gets wise Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
getting wise Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got wise Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got wise Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl przejrzeć ((slang) to see through deceit) · it mangiare la foglia ((slang) to see through deceit)