come to mind

English

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Verb

come to mind (third-person singular simple present comes to mind, present participle coming to mind, simple past came to mind, past participle come to mind)

1. (idiomatic) To appear in one's thoughts.

   Hyponyms: leap to mind, spring to mind

   • 2001, Bill MacDonald, Patagonian odyssey: a travel memoir, page 157:

     Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.

Related terms

• bring to mind
• call to mind
• put someone in mind of
• remind
• top of mind, front of mind

 

Translations

spring to mind — see spring to mind