as in wakes
to cause to stop sleeping
I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.
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Today's average founder wakes to a cascade of notifications scattered across Slack, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, email, and TikTok.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025 -
When a knock wakes Tom, he’s given a startling revelation by a fellow cop.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now, nearly 40 years later, the Schwartz awakens.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The kids discover their small town of Derry is home to an ancient, trans-dimensional evil that awakens every 27 years to prey mostly on children by taking the form of an evil clown named Pennywise.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Knocks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20up. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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