[soh-ber] 
adjective, -er, -est, verb | 1. | not intoxicated or drunk. |
| 2. | habitually temperate, esp. in the use of liquor. |
| 3. | quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons. |
| 4. | marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion. |
| 5. | subdued in tone, as color; not gay or showy, as clothes. |
| 6. | free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts. |
| 7. | showing self-control: sober restraint. |
| 8. | sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem. |
| 9. | to make or become sober: (often fol. by up). |
sober up
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