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wide awake

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wide awake
1. completely awake and thinking clearly My mother came into my bedroom at 7 a.m. and found me wide awake.
2. completely aware You need to be wide awake to the danger of leaving your belongings unattended.
See also: awake, wide
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I recognized the fact that I was hopelessly and permanently wide awake.
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Before going to sleep he was sufficiently wide awake to put a paper bag over his head to keep off the flies.
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