to leave something in its wake

  • 1wake — 1 /weIk/ verb past tense woke, or waked AmE past participle woken or waked AmE (I, T) also wake up to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping: James usually wakes up early. | I ll wake you up when it s time to leave. | Try not to wake the …

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  • 2wake — wake1 W3S2 [weık] v also wake up past tense woke [wəuk US wouk] past participle woken [ˈwəukən US ˈwou ] [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: wacan to wake up and wacian to be awake ] to stop sleeping, or to make someone stop sleeping ▪ When she… …

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  • 3Wake in Fright — US theatrical poster under the Outback title Directed by Ted Kotcheff Produced by …

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  • 4Wake Me Up When September Ends — Infobox Single Name = Wake Me Up When September Ends Artist = Green Day from Album = American Idiot B side = Released = June 13, 2005 Format = Digital Download, CD single, 7 vinyl Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock, Acoustic Length = 4:45 Label …

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  • 5HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 6Alan Wake — The game s cover features the Alan Wake logo with the protagonist holding a flashlight. Developer(s) Remedy Ent …

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  • 7Finnegans Wake — infobox Book | name = Finnegans Wake title orig = translator = author = James Joyce cover artist = country = language = English series = genre = Sui generis publisher = Faber and Faber release date = 4 May 1939 media type = Print (Hardcover… …

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  • 8The Wake (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = The Wake Background = group or band Origin = Glasgow, Scotland Genre = Post punk, Indie pop Years active = 1982 ndash;1994 Label = Factory Records, Sarah RecordsThe Wake were a British post punk and later indie pop… …

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  • 9Love Me or Leave Me (song) — Infobox Standard title = Love Me or Leave Me english title = comment = Introduced in the Broadway play, Whoopee! image size = caption = writer = composer = Walter Donaldson lyricist = Gus Kahn published = 1928 written = language = form = original …

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  • 10To take leave — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …

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