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Sink Gradually Understood Accepted Unpleasant Fact Long Time

Phrasal Verb sink in
Definition to gradually become understood or accepted (usually an unpleasant fact)
Examples - It took a long time to sink in that she had gone and was never coming back.
- When's it going to sink in? You're no good and you never will be!
- It didn't sink in what she meant until I got home.

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