Usually means: Pay attention, become very alert.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sit up and take notice: Merriam-Webster
  2. sit up and take notice: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. sit up and take notice: Wiktionary
  4. sit up and take notice: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sit up and take notice: Legal dictionary
  2. sit up and take notice: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit up and take notice: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sit up and take notice: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (sit up and take notice)

verb:  To start to pay attention suddenly.

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