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DictionarySeebringbring to mind
bring to mindTo 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.See also: bring, mindbring to mindCause 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, mindbring/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 |