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crosses someone's mind

crosses someone's mind is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 crosses someone's mind

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Crosses someone's mind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross someone's mind.

Words near crosses someone's mind in the dictionary

  1. crosses paths
  2. crosses pattée
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  4. crosses potence
  5. crosses potent
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  7. crosses someone's palm
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  10. crosses swords
  11. crosses that bridge when one comes to it

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