Synonyms for wake-up call
wake-up call

Princeton's WordNet

1. wake-up callnoun

   a warning to take action concerning something that was overlooked or neglected

   "the bombing was a wake-up call to strengthen domestic security"

2. wake-up callnoun

   a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels)

   "she left a wake-up call for 7 a.m."

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1. • Call
   • Warning

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1. Travis Barker:

   People are always like, ‘Did you go to rehab?’? and I [say], ‘No, I was in a plane crash.’ That was my rehab. Lose three of your friends and almost die? That was my wake-up call. If I wasn’t in a crash, I would have probably never quit.

2. Drug Enforcement Administration:

   Today's arrests should be a wake-up call to distributors and pharmacists who are allowing opioid prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed from their facilities.

3. Doug Ford:

   There's going to be a wake-up call, a real wake-up call.

4. Torsten Slok:

   Next week if she does remove 'patient' they could get the wake-up call.

5. Angie Kelly:

   It's been kind of a wake-up call, their message is intentionally fuzzy, but yet it's delivered with flawlessly competent clarity. That's a pretty brilliant combination. Those who disagree with Libre and the Koch brothers are really going to need to muscle up.