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call to mind

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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.

See also: call, mind

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