awaken sb to sth
— phrasal verb with awaken uk/əˈweɪ.kən/us/əˈweɪ.kən/verb [ I or T ] literary
If you awaken someone to something, you make them notice it or make them remember it:
I awakened him to his responsibilities for his children.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- retrospect
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- take sb back
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Announcing, informing & stating