be borne in on

Meaning

1. be borne in on sb

   to be realized by sb, especially after a period of time

   It was gradually borne in on us that defeat was inevitable.

In the movies · 17

• This is not to be borne.Pride & Prejudice2005
• The conference was sadly borne.Much Ado About Nothing1993
• It is not to be borne, Elinor.Sense and Sensibility1995
• East, borne on the bodies of murdered men.Watchmen2009
• The old wisdom borne out of the west was forsaken.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003
• All babies want to get borned! All babies want to get borned!Juno2007
• Oh, "to my friend Jacques Borne."The Man from Earth2007
• - When were you borned?The King and I2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Much Ado About Nothing1993
  • Beatrice and Benedick's Merry War
  • Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults
  • Benedick Scorns Hero and Marriage
• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland

From the same entry

• bear arms
• bear fruit
• bear hard, heavily, severely, on
• bring to bear
• bear, take, the brunt of
• have a cross to bear
• grin and bear it
• bear in mind
• bear witness
• bear down on
• bear on
• bear out