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come to mind



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Idioms and Phrases

Be recollected, occur to one, as in A new idea just came to mind . This phrase replaced the earlier come in mind , which dates from the late 1300s. Also see bring to mind ; call to mind ; enter one's mind .
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“There is not a thing that comes to mind,” Harris replied.

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Older women might not be what come to mind when thinking of comedians.

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It was a full circle moment – as an old video of XCX comes to mind.

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"I think the word that comes to mind is motivating because we are training alongside our top competitors," the 25-year-old told BBC Sport earlier this year.

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When thinking about Scotland's prospects of turning the awe-inspiring, championship-chasing Les Bleus to a sickly shade of green on Saturday night in Paris, a scene from Dumb and Dumber comes to mind.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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