sober up

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verb

1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption (Freq. 3)
- Keep him in bed until he sobers up
• Syn:
sober
• Hypernyms:
become, go, get
• Entailment:
drink, booze, fuddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. become more realistic
- After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up
• Syn:
sober
• Hypernyms:
become, go, get
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s