wake up
/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ verb- To stop sleeping; to awake.
- To awaken somebody. · Wake your brother up; it's time for school.
- 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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“Wake up, Dormouse!” And they pinched it on both sides at once.
“Wake up, Alice dear!” said her sister; “Why, what a long sleep you’ve had!”
I’ve often dreamed since then that I had a lot of chocolate caramels, but I always wake up just when I’m going to eat them.
Don’t you think it would be nice to wake up at sunrise and swoop down over the water and away out over that lovely blue all day; and then at night to fly back to one’s nest?
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