bear in on/upon
UK formal— phrasal verb with bear uk/beər/us/ber/verb bore, borne or US also born
If something is borne in on/upon someone, they are made to understand it:
Suddenly it was borne in on him that he was becoming too old to start a new career.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- catch on
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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