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单词 wise up
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wise up

mainly US informal
phrasal verb with wise uk/waɪz/us/waɪz/verb

to start to understand a situation or fact and believe what you hear about it, even if it is difficult or unpleasant:

Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up.
It's about time employers wised up to the fact that employees who are happy work more efficiently.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Understanding and comprehending

  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • at your fingertips idiom
  • attune
  • bear in on/upon
  • common
  • fathom
  • feel
  • fingertip
  • hit
  • make sth/sb of sth/sb
  • make sth/sb out
  • mind
  • picture
  • plumb
  • read between the lines idiom
  • reading
  • realization
  • take sth in
  • twig

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wise up

/ˈwɑɪzˈʌp/infml
phrasal verb with wise verb

to begin to understand the truth about an unpleasant situation or a fact:

It’s time that Congress wised up to the fact that most citizens do not trust politicians.
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