eyeopener
Americannoun
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an experience or disclosure that gives one a sudden realization or understanding.
Her disclosures about her childhood were a real eyeopener.
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a drink of liquor taken early in the day and intended to wake a person up fully.
Etymology
Origin of eyeopener
Example Sentences
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"It’s an eyeopener. You really, really appreciate what foreign players have to go through. Not just communicating, but then trying to figure out how to play the game at the highest level," Servais said.
From Fox News
“It’s an eyeopener. You really, really appreciate what foreign players have to go through. Not just communicating, but then trying to figure out how to play the game at the highest level,” Servais said.
From Washington Times
I knew sailing was an Olympic sport, but it was such an eyeopener to see like a 16-year-old and a 60-year-old all preparing for the same thing.
From Salon
To Junker, fresh from persuading the Spanish not to make the future of Gibraltar one of the main withdrawal issues, it was an eyeopener.
From The Guardian
I'm reading it now, and it is an eyeopener.
From New York Times
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