Meaning of sober up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To become sober; to cause to become sober (usually in terms of alcohol or drugs; sometimes figuratively).

العربية صحا

Čeština vystřízlivět

Deutsch ausnüchtern

Ελληνικά ξεμεθώ

Español desemborrachar desemborracharse desembriagar

Suomi selvitä

Français dégriser désenivrer se dégriser

日本語酔いが覚める

Nederlands ontnuchteren

Polski otrzeźwiać otrzeźwić trzeźwieć

Português desembriagar-se

Русский отрезве́ть трезве́ть

Svenska nyktra till

Türkçe ayılmak

Українська витвережувати витверезити протвере́жувати

“She's in no state to go home by herself, so make sure she doesn't drink anything else, and she'll soon sober up.”

“A pot of black coffee ought to sober him up.”

“When the irrational exuberance finally ended and the central bank took away the punch bowl, the business world belatedly sobered up.”

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.