wake up and die right

phrase

Get a grip.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. informalGet a grip.

    We think it’s about time for the hypocritical members of the parent-teacher click responsible for obsolete standards and regulations to wake up and die right!

    2004, National Lampoon, edited by Scott Rubin, Sean Crespo, and Mason Brown, National Lampoon's Big Book of Love, →ISBN, →OCLC
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    “Christ Almighty, yes, Floyd!” Hank turned on Evenwrite, relieved in a way to have someone to shout at again. “Sure I can sell lumber. But wake up and die right! use your damn head! Look!”

    1964, Ken Kesey, Charles Bowden, Sometimes a Great Notion, 2006 edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 413
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APA

wake up and die right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20up%20and%20die%20right

MLA

“wake up and die right.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20up%20and%20die%20right. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wake up and die right,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wake%20up%20and%20die%20right.

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