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waking up and smelling the ashes

waking up and smelling the ashes is the present participle and gerund 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 waking up and smelling the ashes

What is waking up and smelling the ashes the present participle and gerund of?
Waking up and smelling the ashes is the present participle and gerund of wake up and smell the ashes.

Words near waking up and smelling the ashes in the dictionary

  1. waking dream
  2. waking dreams
  3. waking life
  4. waking lives
  5. waking up
  6. waking up and smelling the ashes
  7. waking up and smelling the coffee
  8. waking up and smelling the roses
  9. waking up dead
  10. waking up on the wrong side of bed
  11. waking up one day

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