occur to one

Idioms  

1. Come to mind, as in It never occurred to me that he might refuse. [Early 1600s]

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Example Sentences

Maybe a great name will occur to one of you if you stop consciously thinking about it.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2019

We pictured the meek mild creatures where     They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there     To doubt they were kneeling then.

From Slate • Dec. 25, 2012

Now it does not occur to one in ten thousand to ask whether this is really so.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

"There are several methods which occur to one...."

From The Girl on the Boat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

It WAS a curious thing, said the private tutor; one of those grotesque and whimsical incidents which occur to one as one goes through life.

From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir