occur to
phrasal verboccur to somebody
- (of an idea or a thought) to come into your mind
- The idea occurred to him in a dream.
- occur to somebody that… It didn't occur to him that he might be wrong.
- occur to somebody to do something It didn't occur to her to ask for help.
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