sink in

See also: sinkin'

English

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Verb

sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood.

   He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.

   The gravity of what I had done hadn't sunken in yet.

Synonyms

• dawn on, register, penetrate

Translations

to become completely known, felt, or understood

• Bulgarian: разбирам (bg) (razbiram), асимилирам (bg) (asimiliram)
• Finnish: valjeta (fi), mennä perille, tulla ymmärretyksi
• German: richtig ankommen
• Hungarian: leülepedik (hu)
• Italian: assimilarsi (it)
• Portuguese: cair a ficha (informal), assimilar (pt)
• Spanish: asimilar (es)

References

• “sink in”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Niskin, kinins