pop into (someone's) head
pop into (someone's) head
To occur or form suddenly in someone's mind, as a thought, idea, or revelation. The idea for this new model of car just popped into my head as I was driving home last night. I had been struggling to remember her name throughout the evening, but it only popped into my head the next morning.
See also: head, pop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put (something) in (one's) head
- put (something) into (one's) head
- put in head
- put something into someone's head
- abstract idea
- take into one's head, to
- bounce an idea off (of) (one)
- bounce an idea off someone
- that's an idea
- that's an idea!