to pop into
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /pɑp ˈɪntu/
- Informal
:
venir a la mente
- You're doing one thing, and an idea pops into your head about something else.
- popped into my head
- popped into her mind
- idea popped into my mind
The first one that pops into my head is chat.
- The first one that pops into my head is chat.
- OK, So what story pops into your head about you being stuck?
- And then even still then money didn't really pop into my head.
- That's how the name keeps popping into my head.
- And when you think about making a list like this, they're the first songs that pop into your mind.
- And I grabbed at the first idea that popped into my head, and that was the shrimp.
- Once Upon a time, when you hear that, certain things probably pop into your head.
- And then I had a little thought pop into my head and I remembered that what should we call it?
Examples
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The first one that pops into my head is chat.
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Sometimes just weird stuff pops into my head.
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God would pop into my head, but not very often.
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OK, So what story pops into your head about you being stuck?
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Whatever The thing is that pops into your mind, trust those ideas.
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Or does a brilliant idea or solution pop into your head from seemingly nowhere?
Blog text (5) -
I'm going to say a word... and everybody is going to say the first word that pops into their little head.
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"Simple," he explained, "I skipped work today, and it just popped into my head to come here."
Fiction book (1995) -
I said "Marvin" because it was the first thing that popped into my head.
Fiction book (1992) -
An old song suddenly popped into my head while I was walking.
Synonyms
339
2.4
Come into someone's mind suddenly or unexpectedly
144
3.5
Appear suddenly and briefly when you are not expecting it
120
3.0
To suddenly think of something or remember it
8
3.4
To come quickly into your head without trying
1
6.1
Suddenly appear in a place or in someone's mind and surprise people
Antonyms
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to occur to someone suddenly' is directly built from 'pop' (to appear quickly) + 'into' (movement into). The motion-into-head metaphor is a simple, common composition (appear + move into) and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pop into used for thoughts gives the picture of a small idea suddenly popping into your head like a ball that appears for a moment, so it means 'to occur suddenly and briefly'.