sank in

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İngilizce - İngilizce
slowly began to understand, things were revealed to him in stages
sink in
Become clear in one's mind

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

sink in
pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
sink in
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
sink in
When a statement or fact sinks in, you finally understand or realize it fully. The implication took a while to sink in
sank in