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What does wake up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word wake up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To awake.
  2. (transitive) To awaken somebody.
  3. (intransitive) To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
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And the thing is, just occasionally, you wake up to how bizarre your own life is.
The Celtic Tiger boom has levelled off and we have to wake up to that reality, he added.
With the latest outbreak of gun-related violence in Washington, maybe the mass of U.S. citizens will finally wake up and smell the coffee.
Please wake up and smell the coffee where technical education is concerned before it's too late.
And if you think that's just because we all wanted to see a display of scintillating football from the England XI, wake up and smell the coffee.
At night she would wake up with nightmares and her shrieks were gut-wrenching.

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