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wake-up call

noun as in cautionary tale

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For them, the game was a wake-up call.

It’s not so much a law as a wake-up call: open your eyes, something is happening.

“But maybe this is the wake-up call we need that we can’t keep trying to impress them anymore. The goal posts keep changing.”

Leigh's golden-point victory created Super League history last weekend and it proved a wake-up call for the history makers of last season.

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"The idea of it getting banned in America was a wake-up call," George admits.

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