same as wake
to start to feel more lively, or to make someone feel more lively
to start to pay more attention to something, or to make people pay more attention to something
used for telling someone that they need to pay attention to what is happening in a situation they are in, usually a situation that is not good
Another cup of coffee will wake me up.
I can't even get a wake-up hit now,'cause I blasted myself sideways last night.
I picked it up a few seconds later and told Isaiah no calls before nine, at which time I wanted a wake-up call.
It takes a serious crisis to wake people up.
There he checked into a small motel, paying cash in advance for his room and putting in a wake-up call.
she told herself as she headed into her office to make the necessary wake-up calls.
wakes up
waking up
woke up
woken up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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