Wise Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Get wise to; "They wised up to it".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The company finally wised up and started offering competitive salaries.
- After years of falling for scams, the elderly woman wised up and became cautious.
- Businesses need to wise up to the changing market trends in order to stay successful.
- Her parents told her to wise up and focus on her studies.
- The employees wised up quickly and realized their boss was taking advantage of them.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Cause someone to become aware of something.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- Her therapist tried to wise her up to the real reasons behind her anxiety attacks.
- The documentary aimed to wise people up about the impact of fast fashion on the environment.
- The teacher's attempts to wise up the student about the importance of punctuality fell on deaf ears.
- After reading the review, customers were wise to the fact that the product did not deliver what it promised.
- The viral social media campaign helped to wise people up about the dangers of online phishing scams.