occur to sb
— phrasal verb with occur uk/əˈkɜːr/us/əˈkɝː/verb -rr-
If a thought or idea occurs to you, it comes into your mind:
The thought did occur to me.
[ + that ] It never even occurred to us that he hadn't been invited.
Does it ever occur to you that I might want to be on my own sometimes?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- thinking
- worry
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