sink in

— Phrasal Verb with sink

/sɪŋk/ verb (past tense and past participle sank, also US sunk, past participle sunk)

Definition

› If an unpleasant or surprising fact sinks in, you gradually start to believe it and understand what effect it will have on you: It still hasn't sunk in that I'll never see her again.

(Definition of sink in from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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