call to mind
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call to mind
To cause one to think of or remember someone or something (which can be stated between "can" and "to" or after "mind"). 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.
call something to mind
and bring something to mindto 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.
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.