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wake up and die right en · X

Meanings

1. (informal, used imperatively) Get a grip.
   • We think it’s about time for the hypocritical members of the parent-teacher click responsible for obsolete standards and regulations to wake up and die right! 2004, National Lampoon, edited by Scott Rubin, Sean Crespo, and Mason Brown, National Lampoon's Big Book of Love, →ISBN, →OCLC:
   • “Christ Almighty, yes, Floyd!” Hank turned on Evenwrite, relieved in a way to have someone to shout at again. “Sure I can sell lumber. But wake up and die right! use your damn head! Look!” 1964, Ken Kesey, Charles Bowden, Sometimes a Great Notion, 2006 edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 413:

Relateds

straighten up and fly right