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wake up |
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wake (someone or an animal) up to cause someone or an animal to awaken. Please don't wake me up until noon. Wake up your brother at noon. wake someone up (to something) to cause someone to become alert and pay attention. (Does not refer to someone actually asleep.) We tried to wake them up to the dangers. Try to wake up the students to their responsibilities. wake up to awaken; to become alert. Wake up! We have to get on the road. It's time to wake up! How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They stirred a little in their sleep, but still they did not wake up. A REVIVALIST who had fallen dead in the pulpit from too violent religious exercise was astonished to wake up in Hades. The years that are gone seem like dreams--if one might go on sleeping and dreaming--but to wake up and find--oh |
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