flash across something

flash across something
flash across something
1. Lit. [for something bright] to move quickly across something. •

The telephone number flashed across the television screen too fast for me to copy it down.

The spotlight flashed across the audience, blinding me as it went by.

2. Fig. [for an idea or image] to move quickly through one's mind. •

A solution to the problem suddenly flashed across my mind.

Thoughts of food flashed across my mind, and I began to be very hungry.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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