flash through one's mind

flash through one's mind
flash through one's mind
Fig. [for an idea or image] to move quickly through one's mind. (See also flash into one's mind.)

Suddenly, a great idea flashed through my mind.

The same idea flashed through all of our minds at once.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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