wake-up call

noun [C]

Translation

TELEPHONE › a telephone call to wake you in the morning, especially when you are staying in a hotel

uyandırma araması/çağrısı

1219

EVENT › something bad that happens and shows you that you need to take action to change a situation

ikaz, uyarma, farkına varma

1181

(Definition of wake-up call noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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