wake up dead
wake up dead · wakes up dead · woke up dead · woken up dead · waking up dead
To die, particularly in one's sleepTo die, particularly in one's sleep.
» If you hit the coffin, you'll wake up the dead person.
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1 sensesTo die, particularly in one's sleep.
Examples
2 sentencesIf you hit the coffin, you'll wake up the dead person.
If you knock on the coffin, you will wake the dead.
Forms
wakes up dead, waking up dead, woke up dead, woken up dead| Base form | wake up dead · to wake up dead |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | wakes up dead |
| Present participle | waking up dead |
| Past simple | woke up dead |
| Past participle | woken up dead |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.