REALITY CHECK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world

Example:

after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("reality check" is a kind of...):

juncture; occasion (an event that occurs at a critical time)

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