“wake up” — stop sleeping: meaning & examples

Don't mix these meanings

Same phrase, different job.

stop sleeping

To stop sleeping and become awake.

wake up (make someone aware)

Another meaning of 'wake up' is 'make someone aware'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

I usually wake up at six in the morning.

In my country, most people wake up early during the week because they have to go to work or school.

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: I woke up me early.

Say: I woke up early.

Intransitive here — don't add 'me' (rousing someone else is 'wake him up').

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Words that usually travel with it.

wake up + time