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sobered up

sobered up is the simple past and past participle of sober up.

Meaning of sober up

Verb

sober up (third-person singular simple present sobers up, present participle sobering up, simple past and past participle sobered up)

  1. To become sober; to cause to become sober (usually in terms of alcohol or drugs; sometimes figuratively).
    • She's in no state to go home by herself, so make sure she doesn't drink anything else, and she'll soon sober up.

Questions about sobered up

What is sobered up the simple past and past participle of?
Sobered up is the simple past and past participle of sober up.

Words near sobered up in the dictionary

  1. sober-curious
  2. Soberano
  3. Soberanos
  4. sobered
  5. sobered down
  6. sobered up
  7. soberer
  8. soberers
  9. soberest
  10. sobereth
  11. sobering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sobered up (page history and authors); sober up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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