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crossing someone's mind

crossing someone's mind is the present participle and gerund 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 crossing someone's mind

What is crossing someone's mind the present participle and gerund of?
Crossing someone's mind is the present participle and gerund of cross someone's mind.

Words near crossing someone's mind in the dictionary

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

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