come to mind

English

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Verb

come to mind (third-person singular simple present comes to mind, present participle coming to mind, simple past came to mind, past participle come to mind)

1. (idiomatic) To appear in one's thoughts.
   • 2001, Bill MacDonald, Patagonian odyssey: a travel memoir, page 157:

     Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.

Synonyms

• spring to mind, leap to mind

Translations

spring to mind — see spring to mind

See also

• call to mind
• bring to mind