get wise
verb1
Often, Slang, With "to" or with "with" To be impertinent.
- He was getting wise, so I cracked him one.
- He wasn't just getting wise, he was getting wise to my mother.
2
Often, Slang, With "to" To become aware of or see through a deception.
- Last night, I thought he'd sign the deal, but this morning he'd got wised somehow.
- The substitute soon got wise to their particular tricks.
2 more examples
- '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: