dawn on

phrasal verb

dawned on; dawning on; dawns on

: to begin to be understood or realized by (someone) for the first time

The solution finally dawned on him.

It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn't eaten all day.

It began to dawn on her that she was lost.

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The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak late on Nov. 17 until dawn on Nov. 18. —

Denise Chow, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024 Caravans typically meet at dawn on a Saturday in the Los Angeles area for a drive to Nevada that takes hours, and return late the following night. —

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024 The meeting comes after scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn on Saturday against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said. —

Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024 Morning dawns on the day of the rice harvest, the start of a new cycle. —

Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dawn on