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flash across something 
1. Lit. [for something bright] to move quickly across something. The telephone number flashed across the television screen too fast for me to copy it down. The spotlight flashed across the audience, blinding me as it went by.
2. Fig. [for an idea or image] to move quickly through one's mind. A solution to the problem suddenly flashed across my mind. Thoughts of food flashed across my mind, and I began to be very hungry.
See also: across, flash


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KEY IMAGES: McCain talks to an off-camera interviewer; messages like "Straight Talk on Healthcare," and "Choice and Competition" flash across the screen.
KEY IMAGES: McCain talks to an off-camera interviewer; messages like "Straight Talk on Healthcare," and "Choice and Competition" flash across the screen.
Firefighter Robert Binette had just sat down to eat chicken wings and fries with his two young sons and wife at the Wachusett Mountain Ski Area in Princeton Saturday when he saw something flash across the window.
 
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