flash on something

flash on

1. To abruptly turn on, as of lights. As the man laughed manically, the lights in the haunted house flashed on, and we all ran out, screaming.
2. To illuminate someone or something. I repositioned my lamp so that it flashed on the things I'd dropped behind my bureau.
3. slang To think of or recall something. It took some time, but we finally flashed on a solution to that problem.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flash on something

in. to remember something suddenly and vividly. I was trying to flash on it, but I couldn’t bring it to mind.
See also: flash, on, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • flash on someone
  • flash off
  • shoot the lights
  • shut the lights
  • outen the lights
  • dim up
  • brown out
  • bring (someone or something) to a halt
  • bring to a halt
  • halt