wise up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wise up in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for wise up in the English»French Dictionary

I.wise [Brit wʌɪz, Am waɪz] N form, dated (way)

II.wise [Brit wʌɪz, Am waɪz] ADJ

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

wise up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wise up in the English»French Dictionary

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
You better wise up before it's too late.
en.wikipedia.org
As people wise up and boycott the junk it will disappear.
www.gizmag.com
When she discovers he works for a host clubwhere women actually pay men to date themwill she finally wise up?
en.wikipedia.org
Prayers, flags, emblems; all these matters are being used for political gains and people need to wise up.
www.derryjournal.com
They want him to wise up, and he is at the point of doing so when he hears a truck in the distance.
en.wikipedia.org
That's why a new campaign aims to get people to wise up and to move over if they're blocking traffic.
www.joe.ie
When will the other auto companies wise up to the method of manufacture of these vehicles?
cleantechnica.com
So wise up and don't lump us all in together.
swampland.time.com
Eventually people started to wise up and realize that they'd been duped.
noisey.vice.com
But what's going to happen if the police don't wise up will be awful for them.
weblogs.baltimoresun.com

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