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occur to one

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



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

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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.

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This will occur to one as being very similar to the principle of habeas corpus.

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Why should it "occur" to one and not the others?

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The Grenvilles, the other Lytteltons, and Gilbert West at once occur to one as friends to whom Pitt in youth was tenderly attached.

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