wise up
phrasal verb·1 sense·particle up
Usefulness
Meanings
Realise something important and start behaving more sensibly about it
Why “up”? A person starts to understand an important or unpleasant truth. Someone else may cause this change.
“He needs to wise up about his spending.”
“She wised up when she saw the fake website.”
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