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To occur to somebody; to be realized.
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It finally dawned on him that he could automate the process instead of doing it by hand each time.
Submitted on August 27, 2012
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- run to
- sort out
- spread out
- a cold day in hell
- as good as one's word
- at last
- babe in arms
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- child's play
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- fair game
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- go out on a limb
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- hold somebody's hand
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- middle ground
- nine lives
- not be caught dead
- not half bad
- nugget of truth
- on the nose
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- one fell swoop
- one thousand
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