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
Shouhei	sho:-he:	Japanese
Tiw	-	Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Iachin	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Aslen	['æzlən]
Mcdaniel	[mək'dænjəl]
Bedros	-	Armenian