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come to mind

idiom
Meaning

To appear in one's thoughts.


Examples
SIMPLE

Does any name come to mind?

CONTEXTUAL

When I try to think of a good gift for him, nothing specific comes to mind.

COMPLEX

As she stared at the blank page, several interesting ideas began to come to mind, though she struggled to organize them into a coherent story.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as they come

    As it is possible to be.

  2. 02

    bear in mind

    To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

  3. 03

    blow someone's mind

    To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

  4. 04

    blow to kingdom come

    To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).

  5. 05

    bored out of one's mind

    Extremely bored.

  6. 06

    cast one's mind back

    To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

  7. 07

    change one's mind

    To decide differently than one had decided before.

  8. 08

    change someone's mind

    To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.

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