Idiom
come to mention it
Meaning
What you just said reminds me of something; Used to justify a change of subject or a kind of statement that needs some kind of license.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Come to mention it, I saw your brother yesterday.”
“I forgot to buy milk, but now that you come to mention it, I remember we have some in the fridge.”
“The witness seemed uncertain at first, but when the lawyer asked about the time, he replied that, come to mention it, he had seen a car parked nearby.”
Examples
simple
“Come to mention it, I saw your brother yesterday.”
contextual
“I forgot to buy milk, but now that you come to mention it, I remember we have some in the fridge.”
complex
“The witness seemed uncertain at first, but when the lawyer asked about the time, he replied that, come to mention it, he had seen a car parked nearby.”
Origin
An ellipsis of the fuller phrase "now that you come to mention it."
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