make (one) sit up and take notice

To cause one to become alert and give his or her attention. Although he's been making music for years, it was his smash hit last April that made people sit up and take notice. The president's proposed aid program has made many global leaders sit up and take notice.

See also: and, make, notice, sit, take, up

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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sit up and take notice
sit up and take notice, to (make someone)
smash
all to smash
Silver Alert
miss a trick, doesn't/not to
strike (someone or something) with (something)
strike with
tricken
tricken with

词组	make (one) sit up and take notice
释义	make (one) sit up and take notice make (one) sit up and take notice To cause one to become alert and give his or her attention. Although he's been making music for years, it was his smash hit last April that made people sit up and take notice. The president's proposed aid program has made many global leaders sit up and take notice. See also: and, make, notice, sit, take, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: sit up and take notice sit up and take notice, to (make someone) smash all to smash Silver Alert miss a trick, doesn't/not to strike (someone or something) with (something) strike with tricken tricken with
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