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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

smell the coffee en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To wake up and smell the coffee.
    • The gay and lesbian movement has been white and middle class, and it is very meaningful for working class gay and gay people of color that our movement has finally smelled the coffee on this and it is taking up in a major way. 1991 December 15, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting Sue Hyde, “Anti-ROTC Or Anti-Military?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 22, page 6:

Forms

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smells the coffee Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
smelling the coffee Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
smelled the coffee Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
smelled the coffee Tense=Past lexicographic