get wise

present singular third person gets wise · participle present getting wise · past got wise · UK participle past got wise · US participle past gotten wise

1. intransitiveoftenslangTo be impertinent.

   He was getting wise, so I cracked him one.

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   He wasn't just getting wise, he was getting wise to my mother.

2. intransitiveoftenslangTo become aware of or see through a deception.

   The substitute soon got wise to their particular tricks.

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   Last night, I thought he'd sign the deal, but this morning he'd got wised somehow.

   '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

   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