SOBER UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sober up mean? 

• SOBER UP (verb)
  The verb SOBER UP has 2 senses:

1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

2. become more realistic

  Familiarity information: SOBER UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOBER UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sober; sober up

Context example:

Keep him in bed until he sobers up

Hypernyms (to "sober up" is one way to...):

become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)

"Sober up" entails doing...:

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become more realistic

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sober; sober up

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "sober up" is one way to...):

become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s