We found 3 definitions of get wise from 2 different sources.
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get wise - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" | ||
catch on, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it | ||
get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |