Usage of "have the wit"

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Usage of have the wit in English

Nor did I have the wit to try and fire along it. 
 Brigands of the Moon 

I hope he'll have the wit to send them to someone else. 
 A Game of Thrones 

You have the wit and discretion to hold him within certain limits. 
 Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc... 

There are lessons there if you have the wit to see them. 
 A Dance with Dragons 

Yes, he said, those who have the wit will doubtless forgive us. 
 The Republic 

You did not have the wit to see what should be done.' 
 Siege of heaven 

And he'd try and tease me back but didn't have the wit for it. 
 Fifth avenue, 5 a.m.: audrey hepburn, breakfast at tiffany's, an... 

I don't have the wit to explain it to you. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

Women have the wit to conceive, but neither courage nor brute force to execute. 
 The Rome Express 

For they search not religiously whence they have the wit, wherewith they search out this. 
 The Confessions of St. Augustine 

It shall go where your empire of apes will never have the wit to find it. 
 The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare 

Joncaire was said to have the wit of a Frenchman, and the eloquence of an Iroquois. 
 Life of George Washington — Volume 01 

Unfortunately for England, they did not have the wit or gumption to do anything about it. 
 The Guardian 

He didn't have the wit to be embarrassed. 
 Phantoms 

In another two hours she will neither have the wit nor the strength to write a line. 
 A Second Home 

But no animal was as cunning and crafty as Coyote, so man should have the wit of Coyote. 
 Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest 

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Meanings of have the wit in English