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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Caffeine wakes you up by inhibiting the ability of the natural sleep chemical adenosine from binding to its receptors.—
Laura Dorwart,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026 -
This season Sinatra wakes from her coma and faces a new obstacle in Jane (Nicole Brydon Bloom).—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Your 9th House of Learning awakens as an instinctive New Moon invites you to explore a class, your own philosophies, or (more casually) a potential vacation destination.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The action begins when a Betty Boop–esque sorceress, Melinda, awakens in the body of Emma, a 19th-century Englishwoman, practically minutes away from being married in the first episode; awoken too early, the Unicorns’ powers and capacity to fight the Evil are compromised.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Ashur awakes in this alternative timeline, but not all is blissful.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2026
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When Fuller awakes several hours later, her head has been shaved, she’s covered in antihistamine cream, and she’s tied up in a basement.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Knocks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20up. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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