as in to wake
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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Apple continues to generate chatter for its landmark 1984 commercial that shows an athlete hurling a sledgehammer at propaganda video, waking citizens from a subdued state.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025 -
But my girlfriend was kicking me and trying to wake me up.—
Katherine Turman,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Uranus stationing direct today awakens a turnaround regarding your earning potential.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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After playing on their heels for most of the first half, the Grizzlies began to awaken after the break.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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Several people awoke Friday — some in the middle of the night — to evacuation orders throughout the Otay Wilderness Area, and evacuation warnings to neighborhoods just west of the reservoir.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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In Wisconsin, residents of Green Bay awoke to a temperature of minus 12 degrees.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Knock up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knock%20up. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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