Usually means: Recover clarity after alcohol consumption.
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  1. sober up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sober up: Merriam-Webster
  3. sober up: Vocabulary.com
  4. sober (sb) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. sober up: Wiktionary
  6. sober up: Dictionary.com
  7. Sober Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. sober up: Rhymezone
  9. sober up: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. sober up: FreeDictionary.org
  11. sober up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. sober up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sober up: Encyclopedia

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  1. sober up: Idioms

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  1. sober up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sober up)

▸ verb:  To become sober; to cause to become sober (usually in terms of alcohol or drugs; sometimes figuratively).

Similar:
sober, soberize, soberise, alcoholize, alcolizate, alcoholise, imbibe, get drunk, inebriate, bring to, more...

Opposite:
get drunk, intoxicate, inebriate, imbibe, indulge

Types:
coffee, cold shower, exercise, sleep, time, sobering up, more...

Phrases:
to sober up, more...

Adjectives:
perk, pressive, pushing, upstage, supererogate, out, overpowering, lean, lay, outer, overread

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Similar:
sober, soberize, soberise, alcoholize, alcolizate, alcoholise, imbibe, get drunk, inebriate, bring to, more...

Opposite:
get drunk, intoxicate, inebriate, imbibe, indulge

Types:
coffee, cold shower, exercise, sleep, time, sobering up, more...

Phrases:
to sober up, more...

Adjectives:
perk, pressive, pushing, upstage, supererogate, out, overpowering, lean, lay, outer, overread



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