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If something dawns on you, you realise or begin to understand something.
Examples of use:
1. We were driving to the airport when it dawned on us that we were completely lost.
2. It suddenly dawned on him that he couldn't pass his exams because he hadn't worked hard enough.
3. After months of working day and night it dawned on her that she needed a business partner.
| infinitive | dawn on / upon |
| present simple | dawn on / upon and dawns on / upon |
| -ing form | dawning on / upon |
| past simple | dawned on / upon |
| past particple | dawned on / upon |
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb 'dawn on' in a sentence?
Has anything dawned on you recently?
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