cross someone's mind

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cross someone's mind

verb crosses someone's mind · crossing someone's mind · crossed someone's mind

  1. intransitive To come into someone's thoughts suddenly and fleetingly. Sometimes it crossed my mind that I hadn't had one of those strange spiritual experiences since my time at Vons. I wondered if perhaps they had stopped for good.

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Françaistraverser l'esprit, venir à l'esprit
Deutschin den Sinn kommen
Românăîi trece prin cap
Русскийприходи́ть на ум prixodítʹ na um, прийти́ на ум prijtí na um, приходи́ть в го́лову prixodítʹ v gólovu, прийти́ в го́лову prijtí v gólovu

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@misc{cross_someone_s_mind_2026,
  title = {cross someone's mind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cross%20someone's%20mind},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}