wide awake
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See also: wideawake and wide-awake
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wide awake (comparative more wide awake, superlative most wide awake)
- (idiomatic) awake and very alert; vigilant, watchful
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia:
- "They are almost awake, not quite," said Lucy. She knew she herself was wide awake, wider than anyone usually is.
- 1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1085:
- I woke with a start. With the blackout curtains closed I didn't know what time it was. I looked at my watch. It said four o'clock. I had been asleep for only two hours, but I was wide awake.
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awake and very alert
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