# call to mind

idiom · CEFR B2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/call-to-mind
Updated: 2026-07-27

## Meaning

To make you think of or remember something — either to bring a memory back on purpose, or because one thing reminds you of another. "The smell of bread calls to mind my grandmother's kitchen."

## Examples

- The old song calls to mind my school days.
- The painting's soft colours call to mind a quiet morning by the sea, before anyone else is awake.
- Her careful phrasing called to mind the diplomatic non-answers politicians give when they already know the truth but aren't ready to say it.

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