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	Pronounced	Usage
Severinus	-	Ancient Roman
Reinhard	-	German, Ancient Germanic
Ran	ṙahn	Japanese
Muir	-	Scottish
Drorit	-	Hebrew
Mcwilliams	[mək'wiljəmz]