"wake up and smell the ashes" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: wakes up and smells the ashes [present, singular, third-person], waking up and smelling the ashes [participle, present], woke up and smelled the ashes [past], woke up and smelt the ashes [past], woken up and smelled the ashes [participle, past], woken up and smelt the ashes [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|wake<,,woke,woken> up and smell<,,:smelt> the ashes|head=wake up and smell the ashes}} wake up and smell the ashes (third-person singular simple present wakes up and smells the ashes, present participle waking up and smelling the ashes, simple past woke up and smelled the ashes or woke up and smelt the ashes, past participle woken up and smelled the ashes or woken up and smelt the ashes)
  1. (rare) Synonym of wake up and smell the coffee Tags: rare Synonyms: wake up and smell the coffee [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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