Verb: get wise
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Understand or realize, usually after some time or initial difficulty
"He eventually got wise to their scheme";
- catch on [informal], get onto, tumble [informal], latch on [informal], cotton on [informal], twig [Brit, informal], get it [informal], cop on [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: got wise, getting wise, gets wise
Type of: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig [informal], get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], savvy