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bring to mind
Idioms and Phrases
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 .Example Sentences
Indeed, the Trump gambit would turn this rule on its head and bring to mind the definition of chutzpah as the child who kills their parents and begs the judge for mercy as an orphan.
All of those candidate contortions bring to mind a line from Hamlet: To thine own self be true.
Beyond the sparsely appointed lobby is a warren of fluorescent-lighted hallways and antiseptic rooms that bring to mind a high school chemistry class.
These are obviously classic flavors and ingredient combinations, which bring to mind those steampots that various seafood chains sell, oftentimes containing seafood of all sorts, plus corn, potatoes and sometimes sausage.
Though its premise makes it unavoidably political, “The Veil†is only, one might say, incidentally so, no more interested in actual geopolitics or ideology than “Ronin,†which the Paris locations bring to mind, or “The 39 Steps.â€
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