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a wake-up call
a wake-up call
(American & Australian) an event that warns someone that they need to deal with an urgent or dangerous problem (often + to do sth) The 1971 earthquake was a wake-up call to strengthen the city's bridges. (often + to ) The World Trade Center bombing has served as a wake-up call to the FBI on terrorism.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Rowan | | RO-ən (English) | Irish, English (Modern) |
| Tryphena | | - | Biblical |
| Nishat | | - | Arabic, Bengali |
| IgnÁC | | EEG-nahts (Hungarian) | Hungarian, Czech |
| Trai | | - | Vietnamese |
| Pratik | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali |