Meaning of wake up dead | Babel Free

Definitions

To die, particularly in one's sleep.

Examples

“The most maddening aspect of time, of course, is how it passes -sneaky fast - moment into moment into millennium, each day a dollop of eternity until, finally, one morning you wake up dead.”

“But if tomorrow morning you wake up dead, don't blame me!”

“Find strength, before your^([sic]) broken down from thoughts that burn away the mind. One day you'll wake up dead.”

“All the sentiment in the world won't be much of a comfort when people like Hal Brognola find out what you've been doing—and they will find out, you know that—and you wake up dead one morning.”

“Cross her and you'll wake up dead once you get back to the station.”

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