Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - wake-up call
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Wake-up call
wake-up call
(wake-up calls) 1. A wake-up call is a telephone call that you can book through an operator or at a hotel to make sure that you wake up at a particular time. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. If you say that something is a wake-up call to a person or group of people, you mean that it will make them notice something and start to take action. The Ambassador said he hoped the statement would serve as a wake-up call to the government. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to n
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noun Date: 1976 1. something (as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves to wake a sleeper 2. something that serves to alert a person to a problem, danger, or need a ~ to parents ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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