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to wake the dead

to wake the dead is the alternative form of fit to wake the dead.

Meaning of fit to wake the dead

Adverb

fit to wake the dead (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) At a very high volume; extremely loudly.
    • They were screaming fit to wake the dead.

Questions about to wake the dead

What is to wake the dead the alternative form of?
To wake the dead is the alternative form of fit to wake the dead.

Words near to wake the dead in the dictionary

  1. to this effect
  2. to this end
  3. to those it may concern
  4. to time
  5. to top it off
  6. to wake the dead
  7. to what do I owe the pleasure
  8. to what end
  9. to whom it may concern
  10. to whom this may concern
  11. to wisse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to wake the dead (page history and authors); fit to wake the dead (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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