Idiom
leap to mind
Meaning
To appear suddenly in one's thoughts.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Several good ideas leap to mind when I think about this project.”
“When the teacher asked for a volunteer, no names seemed to leap to mind among the quiet students.”
“As she searched for the perfect word to describe the tragedy, a haunting phrase suddenly leaped to mind.”
Examples
simple
“Several good ideas leap to mind when I think about this project.”
contextual
“When the teacher asked for a volunteer, no names seemed to leap to mind among the quiet students.”
complex
“As she searched for the perfect word to describe the tragedy, a haunting phrase suddenly leaped to mind.”
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