to occur to one's mind

  • 1cross one's mind — OCCUR TO ONE, enter one s mind/head, strike one, hit one, dawn on one. → mind * * * (of a thought) occur to one, esp. transiently it never crossed my mind to leave the tent and live in a house …

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  • 2cross\ one's\ mind — • cross one s mind • pass through one s mind v. phr. To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to… …

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  • 3pass\ through\ one's\ mind — • cross one s mind • pass through one s mind v. phr. To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to… …

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  • 4cross one's mind — did it ever cross your mind that he just doesn t want to go? Syn: occur to one, enter one s mind/head, strike one, hit one, dawn on one …

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  • 5cross one's mind — or[pass through one s mind] {v. phr.} To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you. * /At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to tell him… …

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  • 6cross one's mind — or[pass through one s mind] {v. phr.} To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you. * /At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia s waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to tell him… …

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  • 7cross one's mind — index occur (come to mind) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8occur — [v1] take place, happen action, appear, arise, befall, be found, be present, betide, chance, come about, come off*, come to pass, cook*, crop up, develop, ensue, eventualize, eventuate, exist, follow, go, jell*, manifest, materialize, obtain,… …

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  • 9Occur — Oc*cur , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Occurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Occurring}.] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see {Ob }) + currere to run. See {Course}.] 1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The resistance of the bodies they occur with. Bentley.… …

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  • 10occur — (v.) 1520s, meet, meet in argument, from M.Fr. occurrer or directly from L. occurrere run to meet, run against, befall, present itself, from ob against, toward (see OB (Cf. ob )) + currere to run (see CURRENT (Cf. current)). Sense development is… …

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