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get hip

[/ɡɛt hɪp/]
verb phrase
ficar por dentro; pegar o jeito; se inteirar
1. To become aware of or informed about something; to understand or catch on to something trendy or current
You need to get hip to the new music trends if you want to be cool.
Você precisa ficar por dentro das novas tendências musicais se quer ser legal.
2. To become fashionable or knowledgeable about current styles and attitudes
She finally got hip to social media marketing.
Ela finalmente se inteirou sobre marketing em redes sociais.
NYC Slang
get wise; get down with; stay woke
Synonyms
catch onwise upclue instay currentget with it
Antonyms
fall behindstay ignorantmiss out

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
ficar por dentro; se inteirar
Common usage in informal contexts
Rio de Janeiro
pegar o jeito; ficar ligado
More colloquial variant
São Paulo
se inteirar; ficar antenado
Urban slang variant
Portugal
inteirar-se; ficar a par
More formal Portuguese usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

get with the program
get on the bandwagon
get the memo
stay in the loop
get in the know
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