call to mind
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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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Words nearby call to mind
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, callus
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