wake up and smell the roses

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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
    • 2009, Dominic Littlewood, Don't Get Done, Get Dom, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      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.