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wakes up and smells the roses

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

Meaning of wake up and smell the roses

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee.
    • They may go and push the ‘order’ button on their computer and buy it cheaper elsewhere. So wake up and smell the roses. Compete with the internet.2009, Dominic Littlewood, Don't Get Done, Get Dom, Hachette UK, →ISBN

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

Words near wakes up and smells the roses in the dictionary

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

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