he doesn't wise up

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

He doesn't care, as long as he can get that sweet, sweet rush of self-loathing when everything falls apart, no matter that these guys promise to kill him, his girl (Brie Larson) and his "entire bloodline" if he doesn't wise up and pay up.

In spite of my fears, however, she didn't wise up.

He convinced owners they were about to lose money if they didn't wise up and act like sensible monopolists.

If Wesleyan doesn't wise up to the dangerous flaws in the new funding scheme, an already chilled atmosphere for free speech will turn truly frosty.

But his book implicitly raises another question: why clients don't wise up.

Who knows what measure will be taken, if any, but in the meantime, let's hope the carjackers don't wise up.

If you read things at face value and don't wise up to the hidden meanings in paper-speak, you might miss an opportunity to extend your own research.

Because if adults don't wisen up, someday these kids might decide to ban over-55 year olds from using the Internet because we're too lame to understand how to protect and manage our privacy.

He doesn't get up.

He doesn't punch up.

He doesn't look up.