The dog climbed out of the pool, leaving a trail of water in her wake.
He went from job to job, leaving a trail of broken promises in his wake.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
in something's wake — in someone’s/something’s/wake phrase after someone or something Mary walked off and he followed in her wake. Thesaurus: after another event or timesynonym Main entry: wake … Useful english dictionary
wake-up call — wake up ,call noun count 1. ) a telephone call that you receive to wake you up, especially in a hotel 2. ) a bad experience that warns someone to change something, usually the way they behave: The low test scores should serve as a loud wake up… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wake — wake1 [ weık ] (past tense woke [ wouk ] ; past participle wok|en [ woukən ] ) verb *** wake or wake up intransitive to stop sleeping: I woke at 5 o clock this morning. Alan woke to a quiet knocking on his door. wake (up) doing something: Jean… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wake — [[t]we͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦♦ wakes, waking, woke, woken (The form waked is used in American English for the past tense.) 1) V ERG When you wake or when someone or something wakes you, you become conscious again after being asleep. It was cold and dark when … English dictionary
wake — I UK [weɪk] / US verb Word forms wake : present tense I/you/we/they wake he/she/it wakes present participle waking past tense woke UK [wəʊk] / US [woʊk] past participle woken UK [ˈwəʊkən] / US [ˈwoʊkən] *** wake or wake up a) [intransitive] to… … English dictionary
wake-up call — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms wake up call : singular wake up call plural wake up calls 1) a bad experience that warns someone to change something, usually the way that they behave The low test scores should serve as a loud wake up call to… … English dictionary
wake-up call — wake up .call n 1.) an experience or event that shocks you and makes you realize that you must do something to change a situation ▪ The success of extremist groups in the elections should be a wake up call to all decent citizens. 2.) a telephone… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Something Might Happen — (2003) is a novel by Julie Myerson about a murder in a small English seaside town and how it affects the community as well as friends and family of the murder victim. The story is not a whodunnit although it incorporates various elements of the… … Wikipedia
Wake up and smell the coffee! — something that you say in order to tell someone that they should try to understand the true facts of a situation or that they should give more attention to what is happening around them. It s time you woke up and smelled the coffee, Don. We re… … New idioms dictionary
wake — wake1 W3S2 [weık] v also wake up past tense woke [wəuk US wouk] past participle woken [ˈwəukən US ˈwou ] [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: wacan to wake up and wacian to be awake ] to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping ▪ When she… … Dictionary of contemporary English
