call to mind



call something to mind

 and bring something to mind
to bring something into someone's mind; to cause something to be remembered. Your comment calls something unpleasant to mind. This photo album calls our vacation to mind.
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call to mind

Remember, recall, as in I've tried but I can't call his name to mind. This idiom was first recorded in 1472.
See also: call, mind

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LeoLE-o (German, Finnish), LAY-o (Dutch), LEE-o (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman
Redmond-Irish
Dua-Arabic
Edmond-French
Lili['lili]
Drew[dru:]