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something that tells of approaching danger or risk
- his high blood pressure was a wake-up call that he needed to do something about his health
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“Wake-up call.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wake-up%20call. Accessed 23 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of wake-up call was in 1974
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