Idiom
jog someone's memory
Meaning
To cause someone to remember something, suddenly; to spark a memory.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Looking at these old photos helps jog my memory.”
“I showed him the receipt to jog his memory about where we bought the gift.”
“The detective presented the witness with a small, familiar trinket, hoping it would jog her memory regarding the events of that fateful evening.”
Examples
simple
“Looking at these old photos helps jog my memory.”
contextual
“I showed him the receipt to jog his memory about where we bought the gift.”
complex
“The detective presented the witness with a small, familiar trinket, hoping it would jog her memory regarding the events of that fateful evening.”
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