sink in
informal— phrasal verb with sink uk/sɪŋk/us/sɪŋk/verb sank or US also sunk, sunk
If an unpleasant or surprising fact or idea sinks in, you gradually start to believe it, understand it, or realize the effect it will have on you:
How many times do I have to tell you something before it sinks in?
His voice trailed off as the seriousness of his position sank in.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- take sth in
- twig
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