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Verb: get wise
Usage: informal
  1. Understand or realize, usually after some time or initial difficulty
    - catch on [informal], get onto, tumble [informal], latch on [informal], cotton on [informal], twig [Brit, informal], get it, cop on [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: gets wise, got wise, getting wise

Type of: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig [informal], get the picture, grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], savvy

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get through
get to
get to grips
get together
get under one's skin
get up
get used to
get weaving
get well
get wind
get wise
get word
get worse
get your shit together
geta
getable
getatable
get-at-able
getaway
get-go
get-rich-quick