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Verb: sober up
  1. Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
    "Keep him in bed until he sobers up";
    - sober
     
  2. Become more realistic
    "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up";
    - sober

Derived forms: sobering up, sobered up, sobers up

Type of: become, get, go

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