Verb
wake up dead (third-person singular simple present wakes up dead, present participle waking up dead, simple past woke up dead, past participle woken up dead)
To die, particularly in one's sleep.
How could I exist in the same world with that brightness? Two years later she smiled at me. She Named my name. I thought I would wake up dead. Robert Penn Warren
Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead. John Marsden
I'm definitely a morning person. I wake up dead happy, looking forward to having my cereal! Nico Mirallegro