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Definition of wake up and smell

wake up and smell

verb - transitive

  • to acknowledge.
                                             

                                                                                                                   

    Citation from "Mother's Day", Modern Family (TV), Season 2 Episode 21 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on May 05 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2011.

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Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
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Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'smell':

Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base.
Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding.
Definitions include: that you understand them.
Definitions include: to understand.
Definitions include: to detect that something is not what it seems.
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Definitions include: Smells like teen Smear it
Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss.
Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life.
Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality.
Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
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Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
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Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

Other terms relating to 'wake':

Definitions include: to smoke marijuana upon waking.
Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality.
Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality.
Definitions include: to be in a bad mood.
Definitions include: to wake a friend and significant other by dancing naked and yelling.

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