sober up

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Verb	1.	sober up - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" sober become, get, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
	2.	sober up - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" sober become, get, go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

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? sober up

vt sep (lit) → nüchtern machen; (fig) → zur Vernunft bringen

vi (lit) → nüchtern werden; (fig) → ruhiger werden; (after laughing, joking etc) → sich beruhigen

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