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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In the new Indonesian horror flick The Elixir, a new herbal potion concocted by a traditional medicine doctor accidentally wakes the dead, and now all Hell is breaking loose.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The baker who wakes before dawn for sixty years.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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Los Angeles in the fall awakens the senses.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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Set in a remote village in North Macedonia, the film tells the story of 15-year-old Ahmet, a quiet shepherd boy whose discovery of electronic music awakens a desire for freedom and self-expression.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Knocks up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocks%20up. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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