wake-up callnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈweɪk.ʌp ˌkɔːl/us/ˈweɪk.ʌp ˌkɔːl/If something that happens is a wake-up call, it should make you realize that you need to take action to change a situation:
For the insurance industry, these floods were a wake-up call.
a phone call that you arrange to be made, for example in a hotel, to wake you up at a certain time
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Threats & warnings
- (I) told you (so)! idiom
- (just) you wait idiom
- bell
- cautionary tale
- do you want to make something/anything of it? idiom
- early warning system
- emergency cord
- fire a (warning) shot across sb's bow idiom
- forewarn
- heads-up
- notice
- ring/sound alarm bells idiom
- siren
- slap
- sound
- tip
- tip sb off
- ultimatum
- warning
- warning/alarm bells start to ring/sound idiom
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