Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Wake up
Wake up verb - Stop sleeping.
Both terms in one sentence
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When fighting demons, Cole will often try to get them to wake up and stop hurting people, because he's learned better.
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In Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan when Darren fakes his own death, at his wake his sister Annie is heard screaming for him to "stop playing around and wake up".
Source: Please Wake Up -
Arthur keeps telling Hobson to wake up and stop pretending to die.
Source: Film / Arthur
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Wake up and Stop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wake_up
Stop & Wake up. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wake_up>.
Wake up or Stop. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stop/wake_up.
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