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dawned on

dawned on is the simple past and past participle of dawn on.

Meaning of dawn on

Verb

dawn on (third-person singular simple present dawns on, present participle dawning on, simple past and past participle dawned on)

  1. (idiomatic) To occur to somebody; to be realized by.
    • It finally dawned on him that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time.
    Synonyms:
    strike, register

Questions about dawned on

What is dawned on the simple past and past participle of?
Dawned on is the simple past and past participle of dawn on.

Words near dawned on in the dictionary

  1. dawnder
  2. dawndered
  3. dawndering
  4. dawnders
  5. dawned
  6. dawned on
  7. dawned upon
  8. Dawnelle
  9. dawner
  10. dawnered
  11. dawnering

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