sober up
Shake off intoxication
To sober up is to become less intoxicated as alcohol or drugs leave your system: Give him a few hours to sober up.
Coffee and cold showers don't actually speed the process—only time works.
The phrase extends to any return to clear-headedness or seriousness after a period of excess or frivolity: The election results sobered everyone up pretty quickly.
State of being understandable
- lucidityClearness of mind
- clearheadedMentally focused and rational
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
detox · withdrawal · awakening · recovery · alertness · coherence · stabilize · refreshed
clarity
State of being understandable
- lucidityClearness of mind
- clearheadedMentally focused and rational
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
rehabilitation · detox · withdrawal · awakening · recovery · alertness · coherence · stabilize · refreshed · restoration
- Personal Changereform, repent, turn over a new leaf, straighten up, improve
- dry outdry, dry out, dehydrate, desiccate, parch
sober upget drunk
Become intoxicated by alcohol
drink up · tie one on · get high · hit the bottle · booze up
sober, sobriety, sobering, soberly, sobered, sobers, soberness, sobersided, sobersides