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[ verb ] become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

Synonyms

sober

Examples

"Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

By the time Felix turned_up it was early afternoon , which , one would think , would be late enough so that by then , except for small children and a_few hardy souls who had not_yet sobered_up , it could have been expected that people would no_longer be having any sort of active interest in the previous night 's noisemakers and paper hats .

(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)

Bake was waiting to report that Lou_DuVol had been sobered_up to the point where he could function efficiently .

Related terms

become drink

2
[ verb ] become more realistic

Synonyms

sober

Examples

"After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

Related terms

become

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