at the back of (one's) mind



at the back of (one's) mind

Present in one's thoughts or in one's attention, without ever being fully obscured by any other thoughts or considerations. Whenever I park in the city, the fear of being towed is always at the back of my mind.
See also: back, mind, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tupaarnaq-Native American, Greenlandic
Oriane-French
Sanjay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
KathrynKATH-rinEnglish
DÀIbhidh-Scottish
Brijesh-Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi