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call to mind

Idioms  

  1. Remember, recall, as in I've tried but I can't call his name to mind. This idiom was first recorded in 1472.

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Venezuelan bonds’ gyrations and political dimension call to mind the epic “bond war” that Paul Singer’s Elliott Management waged against Argentina.

From MarketWatch

Venezuelan bonds’ gyrations and political dimension call to mind the epic “bond war” that Paul Singer’s Elliott Management waged against Argentina.

From MarketWatch

"There is a persistent stereotype about winter fuel costs - you tend to call to mind an older couple or a pensioner couple," he added.

From BBC

The often-stretched stylings and unconventional palette call to mind German Expressionism and the work of Egon Schiele.

From The Wall Street Journal

In this video, Juanes and singer-MC Mabiland call to mind more than 121,000 people forcibly disappeared between 1985 and 2016 in their native Colombia.

From Los Angeles Times

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