have your wits about you

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be aware of what is happening around you and ready to think and act quickly

In the movies · 5

• Keep your wits about you, Michael.Arthur the King2024
• Keep your wits about you And you stand on top!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• you will witness some frightful wonders in this room, so please to keep your wits about you.The Crucible2014
• Got to have your wits about you.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001

Learn it in full scenes

• Arthur the King2024
  • Michael's Team Fights the Tide
  • Michael Hustles for a Comeback
  • Michael Pitches for the Dominican Race
• The Crucible2014
  • Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail
  • Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft
  • Abigail Threatens the Girls

From the same entry

• be at your wits' end
• be frightened out of your wits
• to wit
• live by your wits