light dawns

idiom

used to say that a person suddenly understands something he or she had not understood before
When she saw the guilty look on her husband's face, a light dawned, and she knew he had been lying to her.

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“Light dawns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20dawns. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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