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have your wits about you

phraseC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To have your wits about you is to stay alert and ready to react. Keep and have your wits about you.

It is advice for places where something might happen rather than where something has. Anybody who does not have your wits about you in traffic finds out quickly.

Definitions of have your wits about you

  1. 1phrasehave your wits about youTo stay alert and ready to react.C1

    “You need to have your wits about you crossing that junction.”

have your wits about you is a phrase.

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