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sobering up

sobering up is the present participle and gerund 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 sobering up

What is sobering up the present participle and gerund of?
Sobering up is the present participle and gerund of sober up.

Words near sobering up in the dictionary

  1. soberers
  2. soberest
  3. sobereth
  4. sobering
  5. sobering down
  6. sobering up
  7. soberingly
  8. soberise
  9. soberised
  10. soberises
  11. soberising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sobering 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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