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.
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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.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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.
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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.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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