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
Casimiro	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
JÓZsua	YO-zhoo-aw	Hungarian
Rosannah	ro-ZAN-ə	English (Rare)
Torgny	-	Swedish
Brian	[braiən]
Galen	['geilən]