Advertisement

View definitions for wake up

wake up

verb as in arise

verb as in awake

Strongest matches

Strong matches

verb as in rouse

Strong matches

verb as in turn out

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It was "a wake-up call for the town", she says.

Read more on BBC

Wake-up comes early at 7:00 am, before the event ends at 8:30 am.

Read more on Barron's

But to her estranged husband, it was a wake-up call to "just how far things had spiralled out of control".

Read more on BBC

Charities insist there is an OCD crisis and say the figures should be a wake-up call for the government.

Read more on BBC

And yet, as the 2025 adaptation arrived in theaters this month, this queer, Latino-led story of two prisoners fighting the claustrophobia of life under fascism feels at once like a minor miracle, and a startling wake-up call.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement