read minds
To read people's minds (in general).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I wish I could read minds to know what you want.”
“Do not expect me to read minds; you need to tell me exactly what is wrong.”
“The detective often felt as though he could read minds, sensing the hidden anxieties of the suspects during his interrogations.”
From read someone's mind.
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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.
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blow someone's mind
To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.
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bored out of one's mind
Extremely bored.
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cast one's mind back
To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.
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change one's mind
To decide differently than one had decided before.
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change someone's mind
To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.
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close one's mind
To refuse to understand things.
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come to mind
To appear in one's thoughts.
Last updated August 10, 2026