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crossed someone's mind

crossed someone's mind is the simple past and past participle of cross someone's mind.

Meaning of cross someone's mind

Verb

cross someone's mind (third-person singular simple present crosses someone's mind, present participle crossing someone's mind, simple past and past participle 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.2014, Noah Jacobson, The Pop up Kid: Secret Memoirs of the Intentionally Abused, page 300

Questions about crossed someone's mind

What is crossed someone's mind the simple past and past participle of?
Crossed someone's mind is the simple past and past participle of cross someone's mind.

Words near crossed someone's mind in the dictionary

  1. crossed one's heart
  2. crossed one's legs
  3. crossed out
  4. crossed over
  5. crossed paths
  6. crossed someone's mind
  7. crossed someone's palm
  8. crossed someone's path
  9. crossed someone's T
  10. crossed swords
  11. crossed that bridge when one came to it

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