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:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Toussaint	-	French
Dorcas	DAWR-kəs (English)	Biblical
Starr	[stɑ:]
Azarias	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Beckah	BEK-ə	English
Erazem	-	Slovene