wake-up callEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishwake-up call /ˈweɪkʌp ˌkɔːl / ▸ noun a phone call made at a prearranged time to wake someone up: she nearly slept through her wake-up call. ▪ a thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it: maybe this will be a wake-up call for society to change.
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