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wake up


Definition: Meaning of, wake up in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / weɪk ʌp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
wake up woke up woken up
Present Participle Third Person Singular
waking up wakes up
  1. [intransitive/transitive] to start to feel more lively, or to make someone feel more lively
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  2. [intransitive/transitive] to start to pay more attention to something, or to make people pay more attention to something
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  3. wake up and smell the coffee informal used for telling someone that they need to pay attention to what is happening in a situation they are in, usually a situation that is not good
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