Synonyms for sink in
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. Jonathan Epps:

   It'll sink in as the years go on. I know that for a fact.

2. George W. Bush, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-3.html:

   See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.

3. Young:

   We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

4. Tom Brady:

   It probably won't sink in for a very, very long time, i'm just so blessed to play with the best teammates through the years from our'01 team and all the way through now. I love all those guys. That's what makes this special, man. It's a brotherhood. All these relationship are so important in my life, and I can't cherish it enough. It's going to be a celebration tonight.

5. 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.