"on someone's mind" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on someone's mind.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on someone's mind, {{en-PP}} on someone's mind
  1. (idiomatic) Preoccupying someone; present in someone's thoughts. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (preoccupying someone): 在……的腦海裡 (Chinese Mandarin), 在……的脑海里 (zài... de nǎohǎi lǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), olla jonkun mielessä (Finnish), na głowie (Polish)

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