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woke up and smelled the ashes

woke up and smelled the ashes is the simple past 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 woke up and smelled the ashes

What is woke up and smelled the ashes the simple past of?
Woke up and smelled the ashes is the simple past of wake up and smell the ashes.

Words near woke up and smelled the ashes in the dictionary

  1. woke right
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  3. woke supremacists
  4. woke supremacy
  5. woke up
  6. woke up and smelled the ashes
  7. woke up and smelled the coffee
  8. woke up and smelled the roses
  9. woke up and smelt the ashes
  10. woke up and smelt the coffee
  11. woke up and smelt the roses

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