call to mind

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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RELATED WORDS

recall, recollect, remember

Nearby words

call someone's bluff, call the shots, call the tune, call to account, call to arms, call to mind, call to order, call to quarters, call up, call upon, call waiting

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