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Idiom idiom

front of mind


Synonym of top of mind.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

Safety is always front of mind for the team.

CONTEXTUAL

With the deadline approaching, finishing the project is front of mind for everyone in the office.

COMPLEX

Although other issues persist, the economic crisis remains front of mind for the government as they draft the new budget.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    blow someone's mind

    To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

  3. 03

    bored out of one's mind

    Extremely bored.

  4. 04

    cast one's mind back

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

  5. 05

    change one's mind

    To decide differently than one had decided before.

  6. 06

    change someone's mind

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

  7. 07

    close one's mind

    To refuse to understand things.

  8. 08

    come to mind

    To appear in one's thoughts.

Last updated August 10, 2026