wise to
idiom
informal
: not fooled by (someone or something) : aware of (something, especially something dishonest)
I'm wise to you. I know what you're doing.
When she got wise to his scheme, she left.
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Republicans would be wise to leave the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act in place because roughly 85 percent of the climate law's funding for clean energy projects and the jobs that go with it is slated for districts that voted for Trump, Granholm said.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
CFOs and COOs of such companies would be wise to consider five tariff-mitigating strategies:
1.
—Nick Leopard, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
So unless something drastically unexpected occurs in the next week, creators would be wise to search for a replacement platform.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
TikTok fans would be wise to keep the Champagne on ice, however.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
CFOs and COOs of such companies would be wise to consider five tariff-mitigating strategies:
1.
—Nick Leopard, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
So unless something drastically unexpected occurs in the next week, creators would be wise to search for a replacement platform.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
TikTok fans would be wise to keep the Champagne on ice, however.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for wise to
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“Wise to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wise%20to. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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