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wake up

verb
/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/US

Etymology

From wake + up.

Definitions

  1. To stop sleeping

    To stop sleeping; to awake.

    • "Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head"
    • I fell asleep in God's arms and woke up in hell

  2. To awaken somebody.

    • Wake your brother up; it's time for school.

  3. To become more aware of a real-life situation

    To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.

    • Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet.
    • That's the third time you've made the same mistake. Wake up!

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Derived

wake-up, wakeup, wake up and die right, wake up and smell the ashes, wake up and smell the coffee, wake up and smell the roses, wake-up call, wake up dead, wake up one day, wake up on the wrong side of bed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA