Occur Idea Sb Meaning Thought Synonym Sth Back

Meaning: If a thought or an idea occurs to you, it comes to you.

• sth occurs to sb When did the idea of going back to university occur to you?
  
  
• occur to sb that While I was playing with my daughter, it occurred to me that she was starting to look more and more like my wife.
  
  

Nouns often used as subjects with occur to: idea, thought, solution, plan