make sit up and take notice



make somebody sit up and take notice

to make someone suddenly notice something and become interested in it (often + of ) That was the record that made me sit up and take notice of Neil Hannon.
See also: and, make, notice, sit, take, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dagfinn-Norwegian, Danish
Kaleo-Hawaiian
Namrata-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Nepali
Anahera-Maori
Danielledan-YELFrench, English
Imen-Arabic