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woken up and smelt the roses

woken up and smelt the roses is the past participle 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 woken up and smelt the roses

What is woken up and smelt the roses the past participle of?
Woken up and smelt the roses is the past participle of wake up and smell the roses.

Words near woken up and smelt the roses in the dictionary

  1. woken up and smelled the ashes
  2. woken up and smelled the coffee
  3. woken up and smelled the roses
  4. woken up and smelt the ashes
  5. woken up and smelt the coffee
  6. woken up and smelt the roses
  7. woken up dead
  8. woken up on the wrong side of bed
  9. woken up one day
  10. wokened
  11. wokeness

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