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woke up and smelled the roses

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

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

Words near woke up and smelled the roses in the dictionary

  1. woke supremacists
  2. woke supremacy
  3. woke up
  4. woke up and smelled the ashes
  5. woke up and smelled the coffee
  6. woke up and smelled the roses
  7. woke up and smelt the ashes
  8. woke up and smelt the coffee
  9. woke up and smelt the roses
  10. woke up dead
  11. woke up on the wrong side of bed

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