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rude awakening

noun

  1. an occurrence of being made to face an unpleasant fact

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Musk has had a very rude awakening about politics, the kind of awakening most of us have sometime in our late teens when we realize that not everyone thinks like we do.

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Perhaps it's not surprising that the so-called loveless landslide has been followed by a rude awakening.

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“For a kid who thought he was this tough street-smart kid from D.C., I was in for a very rude awakening,” he said.

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Either on Tuesday or some other point in the future, the party is in for a rude awakening over illegal immigration.

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But many will be in for a rude awakening when they wake up on Nov. 6.

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