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become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
Keep him in bed until he sobers up -
become more realistic
After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up
How To Use sober up In A Sentence
- If enough of us litter less, recycle more, participate in our democratic processes, and begin to "relearn" lifestyles that are less material and connected with Nature and our fellow human beings, the more chance we have to "sober up" and get beyond our addiction to oil. Jim Selman: Claiming Accountability for a Better World
- Etheromaniacs would get drunk quicker and sober up in a few minutes with no hangover.
- He was left in a cell to sober up, released Saturday morning and three hours later was arrested again with an alcohol level that usually causes loss of bladder control and unconsciousness.
- _ You go back home "-- _shake, shake, shake_ --" and sober up, you old gander, you! Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
- David defended himself, hearing the pathetic tone himself, now that he was beginning to sober up.
- When I'm not working, I go out for lavish lunches with my friends, drink too much, and spend the afternoons trying to sober up.
- And that, as I start to sober up and think it might be a good idea to get to bed before I start to regret writing this and delete it before posting, is probably my point.
- I sober up, you're quite right, It's a lesson that has to be relearnt over and over again, that no one person is bigger than the market, that no one person has a divine right to be right. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
- He was left to sober up in a police cell.
- They were lodged in cells, allowed to sober up, issued public intoxication tags and driven back to their residence.