cross someone's mind en · VERB
Meanings
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(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.
2014, Noah Jacobson, The Pop up Kid: Secret Memoirs of the Intentionally Abused, page 300:“But honestly, my worst thought was she slipped and fell in the shower. Never did it cross my mind that, oh my God, somebody abducted her.”
2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, quoting Amy Kuns, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found Signs of a Struggle”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crossed someone's mind | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| crossed someone's mind | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| crosses someone's mind | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| crossing someone's mind | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
ru прийти́ на ум (Translations) · ro îi trece prin cap (Translations) · ru приходи́ть на ум (Translations) · fi juolahtaa mieleen (Translations) · fi käydä mielessä (Translations) · fr traverser l'esprit (Translations) · ru прийти́ в го́лову (Translations) · ru приходи́ть в го́лову (Translations) · fr venir à l'esprit (Translations) · de in den Sinn kommen (Translations)