to become completely understood
Eve stripped and washed at the shell-shaped granite sink in what had been her mother's bathroom.
I wanted to put my face in cool water, but there was no sink in the Thinking Room.
Only now did the significance of Fletcher's last remark sink in.
She had to repeat her words several times before they finally sank in.
She knew she must drive herself forward with feverish energy or she would sink in a sea of misery.
sinks in
sinking in
sank in
sunk in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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