sink in
phrasal verbsink in
- (of words, an event, etc.) to be fully understood or realized
- He paused to allow his words to sink in.
- The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in.
- It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in.
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- (also sink into something)(of liquids) to go down into another substance through the surface
- The rain sank into the dry ground.