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sink in

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  1. click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into placeverb

    become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

    "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

    Synonyms:
    pass over, put over, get over, flick, wrap up, come through, percolate, contact, pervade, cut across, infiltrate, bottom, snap, finish up, tick, reach, interpenetrate, permeate, get hold of, finish off, polish off, penetrate, cut through, mop up, fall into place, cluck, filter, come home, while away, perforate, traverse, dawn, click, diffuse, clear up, cover, cross, riddle, get across, fathom, chatter, imbue, get through, track, clack

  2. percolate, sink in, permeate, filterverb

    pass through

    "Water permeates sand easily"

    Synonyms:
    click, separate out, penetrate, perk up, dawn, leach, dribble, permeate, get through, diffuse, strain, gain vigor, come home, filter, perk, imbue, percolate, filtrate, pervade, riddle, pick up, get across, fall into place, filter out, interpenetrate, trickle

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  1. Eric Abramovitz:

    It was scary to even confront that thought given how much I trusted her, but over time it started to sink in and I became more and more suspicious that maybe she had done it, as unpleasant as it was to imagine.

  2. Bob Baffert:

    Thirty-seven years we've waited for this, what a feeling. It's probably going to take a few days to sink in.

  3. Gary Block:

    Steve had to go out of town on business and he literally was just landing in Florida when he got the call from Amanda, at first he thought she was making a joke or being sarcastic. It took a moment for it to sink in that it was real. The poor guy had to get straight back on a plane and come back. All he can repeat is, what do I do now? This is my only son.

  4. Sports Illustrated:

    I couldn’t believe it, things didn’t become real until the announcement… the moment the word [was] out, all of it just started to sink in… it’s pretty surreal.

  5. Glenn Theriault:

    I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and it took a second for it to sink in.

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