IdiomDaily Life
English
Englishdawn on someone
Meaning: To realize something that was perhaps already apparent to others.
Example: “Halfway home, it dawned on me that I'd left the oven on.”
Origin: At dawn, light gradually reveals what was hidden in the dark. "Dawn" in the sense of an idea beginning to become clear to someone is recorded from the 19th century.
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