cross one's mind
OCCUR TO ONE, enter one's mind/head, strike one, hit one, dawn on one

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cross mind
cross (your) mind
if an idea or thought crosses your mind, you think about it for a short time.
The thought did cross my mind that she might be taking drugs.
(often + that)
The idea of failure never crossed his mind.
(often negative)

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cross mind
to be a sudden or passing thought, to occur to someone (an idea)
It suddenly crossed my mind that the store would be closed all day on Monday.

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cross someone's mind
to be a sudden or passing thought, to occur to someone (an idea)
It suddenly crossed my mind that the store would be closed all day on Monday.

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cross one's mind
to think of something, to occur to someone
It crossed my mind that I would see him in the evening so I did not need to phone him.

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cross 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 something.
When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind.

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