WAKE-UP CALL


Meaning of WAKE-UP CALL in English

Function: noun

Date: 1976

1 : something (as a telephone call from a hotel employee to a guest) that serves to wake a sleeper

2 : something that serves to alert a person to a problem, danger, or need <a wake-up call to parents>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.