(slang, vulgar) To stop being oblivious to the real state of things, to get back in touch with reality, to start paying attention to what's happening around one, to start being aware of one's surround
(slang, vulgar) To stop being oblivious to the real state of things, to get back in touch with reality, to start paying attention to what's happening around one, to start being aware of one's surroundings.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(slang, pejorative, North America, vulgar) To be oblivious to the real state of things, from either stupidity or stubbornness.
(US, informal) To stop lazing around.
(slang) To get high or drunk.
A US informal idiom meaning to stop being idle and start doing something useful. Blunt and direct, it functions as a command or encouragement to take action rather than procrastinate. The phrase is used in frustration or motivation, with ass serving as an intensifier of the idleness implied.
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(slang) To stop bothering someone.