"get wise" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-get wise.ogg [Australia] Forms: gets wise [present, singular, third-person], getting wise [participle, present], got wise [past], got wise [UK, participle, past], gotten wise [US, participle, past]
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  1. (intransitive, slang, often with "to" or with "with") To be impertinent. Tags: intransitive, often, slang
    Sense id: en-get_wise-en-verb-Fg87~0EM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48
  2. (intransitive, slang, often with "to") To become aware of or see through a deception. Tags: intransitive, often, slang Translations ((slang) to see through deceit): mangiare la foglia (Italian), przejrzeć [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-get_wise-en-verb-QWIYMke- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of '(slang) to see through deceit': 5 95

Inflected forms

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