Idiom
come to think of it
Meaning
By the way; now that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Come to think of it, I forgot to lock the door.”
“I was looking for my keys everywhere, but come to think of it, I left them in the car.”
“The evidence seemed clear at first, yet come to think of it, there was a strange inconsistency in his original statement.”
Examples
simple
“Come to think of it, I forgot to lock the door.”
contextual
“I was looking for my keys everywhere, but come to think of it, I left them in the car.”
complex
“The evidence seemed clear at first, yet come to think of it, there was a strange inconsistency in his original statement.”
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