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  • 41sink in — or[soak in] {v.}, {informal} To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. * /Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too./ * /When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in… …

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  • 42sink in — or[soak in] {v.}, {informal} To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. * /Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too./ * /When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43sink —    ; sinkhole    (American.)    1. A point where a stream or river disappears underground. The sinking water may filter through a choke that excludes cavers, or may flow into an open horizontal cave or vertical shaft, and while active all of… …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 44sink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. founder, drown, go down; ebb, wane, decline, lapse, settle, subside, precipitate; retrograde, go downhill; languish, droop, flag; despond; fail, deepen, dig, lower; debase, abase, bring low; suppress …

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  • 45sink in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sink in : present tense I/you/we/they sink in he/she/it sinks in present participle sinking in past tense sank in past participle sunk in to become completely understood She had to repeat her words several… …

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  • 46sink — <alm.> kim. Göyümtül ağ rəngli döyülə bilən metal – kimyəvi element. // Sinkdən qayrılmış, sinkdən hazırlanmış. Sink vedrə. Sink əlüzyuyan …

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  • 47sink — tv. to swallow some food or drink. □ Here, sink a bite of this stuff. □ Larry stopped at a tavern to sink a short one …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 48sink in — verb Become clear in ones mind. He knows hes been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in …

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  • 49sink — 1. verb /sɪŋk/ a) to descend into a liquid or other substance or material I tried, but I could not wake him. This caused me a great fear, and I looked around terrified. Then indeed, my heart sank within me. Beside the bed, as if he had stepped… …

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  • 50sink in — phr verb Sink in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑realization, ↑word …

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