dawn on somebody

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdawn on somebody phrasal verbREALIZEif a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time The ghastly truth dawned on me.it dawns on somebody (that) It dawned on me that Jo had been right all along. → dawn→ See Verb table

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Verb table

dawn

Simple Form
Present
it	dawns
it	dawned
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Present perfect
it	has dawned
Past perfect
it	had dawned
Future
it	will dawn
Future perfect
it	will have dawned
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Continuous Form
Present
it	is dawning
it	was dawning
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Present perfect
it	has been dawning
Past perfect
it	had been dawning
Future
it	will be dawning
Future perfect
it	will have been dawning
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