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wakes up and smells the ashes

wakes up and smells the ashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wake up and smell the ashes.

Meaning of wake up and smell the ashes

Verb

wake up and smell the ashes (third-person singular simple present wakes up and smells the ashes, present participle waking up and smelling the ashes, simple past woke up and smelled the ashes or woke up and smelt the ashes, past participle woken up and smelled the ashes or woken up and smelt the ashes)

  1. (rare) Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee.
    • It's time to wake up and smell the ashes. It is time to start constructing a new vision of ministry for all Christians, lay and ordained.1995, The Living Church - Volume 210, page 19

Questions about wakes up and smells the ashes

What is wakes up and smells the ashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wakes up and smells the ashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wake up and smell the ashes.

Words near wakes up and smells the ashes in the dictionary

  1. wakes
  2. wakes 'n bakes
  3. wakes and bakes
  4. Wakes Colne
  5. wakes up
  6. wakes up and smells the ashes
  7. wakes up and smells the coffee
  8. wakes up and smells the roses
  9. wakes up dead
  10. wakes up on the wrong side of bed
  11. wakes up one day

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