bring/call somebody/something to mind

bring to mind

To cause one to think of or remember someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bring" and "to." Can we go somewhere else for dinner? That place just brings my ex-girlfriend to mind. That song brings to mind many fond memories of my childhood. A: "That's hilarious, and it brings to mind a joke Ted told me the other day. Are you ready for this one?" B: "No, my stomach hurts from laughing so much!"

See also: bring, mind, to

call to mind

To cause one to think of or remember someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "call" and "to." Can we go somewhere else for dinner? That place just calls my ex-girlfriend to mind. That song calls to mind many fond memories of my childhood. A: "That's hilarious, and it calls to mind a joke Ted told me the other day. Are you ready for this one?" B: "No, my stomach hurts from laughing so much!"

See also: call, mind, to

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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, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bring to mind

Cause to be remembered, as in The film brought to mind the first time I ever climbed a mountain. This idiom, first recorded in 1433, appears in Robert Burns's familiar "Auld Lang Syne" (1788), in which the poet asks if old times should never be brought to mind. Also see come to mind.

See also: bring, mind, to

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, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bring/call somebody/something to ˈmind

remind you of somebody/something: Her paintings bring to mind hot summer days in Provence.

See also: bring, call, mind, somebody, something, to

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