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COME ALIVE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop sleeping
Example:
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Synonyms:
arouse; awake; awaken; come alive; wake; wake up; waken
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "come alive" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
"Come alive" entails doing...:
catch some Z's; kip; log Z's; sleep; slumber (be asleep)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
