New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: make up to · face up to · make up for · add up to · come up to · live up to · wake up · work up to · take up with · cosy up to

wake up to

1 start to realise TRANSITIVEtuiscint a fháil aréachtaint a fháil ar 2 make sb start to realise TRANSITIVEcuir ar an eolas c m uto wake sb up to sth duine a chur ar an eolas faoi rud, rud a chur ar a shúile do dhuine → see wake

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to wake up and smell the coffee informal do shúile a oscailtwake up and smell the coffee! oscail do shúile!, oscail do dhá shúil!she'll soon wake up and smell the coffee is gearr go n-osclófar a súile di, is gearr go dtuigfidh sí cúrsaí
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they were busy from wake-up to lights out bhí siad gnóthach ón uair a dhúisigh siad nó gur múchadh na soilse
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the riots were a wake-up call to the government oscailt súl don rialtas a bhí sna círéibeacha

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