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waking up and smelling the roses

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

Questions about waking up and smelling the roses

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

Words near waking up and smelling the roses in the dictionary

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

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