reality check

Other forms: reality checks

Definitions of reality check
  1. noun
    an occasion on which one is reminded of the nature of things in the real world
    “this program is intended as a reality check for CEOs”
    “after all those elaborate productions, I felt in need of a reality check”
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    type of:
    juncture, occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
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