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Phrase(s): get one’s wits about one [and] have one’s wits about
one Fig. to keep one’s thinking in order or make one’s mind work smoothly, especially in a time of stress. (See also keep one’s wits about one.) • Let me get my wits about me so I can figure this out. • I don’t have my wits about me at this time of the morning.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs