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sobering up
verb
Present participle of sober up
Exact(56)
He was sobering up fast.
Apparently, sobering up is a concern for some other day.
After sobering up, drive north to the suburb of Round Rock – the home of Dell computers.
In another interview he has described "the most urgent task for the left" as "sobering up".
By sobering up before turning himself in, the man could avoid alcohol-related charges.
Rose shut it behind her and stood still, breathing deeply, sobering up slightly in the cold.
By some mysterious process of sobering up, those blithe, radical intentions rarely survive.
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The drunk narrator of the song fears being locked in the airport's sobering-up station.
His sobering-up scene, with the watchful Sonya in the second act, is sheer perfection.
New York requires a 24-hour waiting (sobering-up?) period between getting a marriage license and marrying.
Vice President Dan Quayle said in an interview with The New York Times today that the purpose was to have a "sobering-up effect" on many lawmakers.
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