1. Home
2. Idioms
3. bring

bring

---

---

bring

/call to mind

1. To remember (something): tried to bring to mind their happy times together.

2. To cause (something) to be remembered or thought of; evoke: "[The county's] flight from creditors brings to mind a restaurant diner who declines to pay for a meal because he overate" (Roger Lowenstein). "a voice that calls to mind a flower wavering in the breeze" (Neil Strauss).

See:

• April showers bring May flowers
• bring
• bring (one) low
• bring (one) over
• bring (one) to the test
• bring (one's) arse to an anchor
• bring (one's) ass to an anchor
• bring (someone) down a notch (or two)
• bring (someone) in from the cold
• bring (someone) to task
• bring (someone) to terms
• bring (something) full circle
• bring (something) into effect
• bring a charge against
• bring a dog to heel
• bring a knife to a gunfight
• bring a lump to throat
• bring a verdict in
• bring about
• bring all together
• bring along
• bring an amount of money in
• bring around
• bring away
• bring back
• bring back out
• bring back to life
• bring back to reality
• bring before
• bring crashing down
• bring down
• bring down a peg
• bring down a peg or two
• bring down on
• bring down the curtain
• bring down the curtain (on something)
• bring down the house
• bring down to
• bring down to earth
• bring forth
• bring forward
• bring home
• bring home the bacon
• bring home to
• bring in
• bring in some place
• bring into action
• bring into being
• bring into blossom
• bring into contact with
• bring into disrepute
• bring into focus
• bring into line
• bring into play
• bring into prominence
• bring into question
• bring into service
• bring into the world
• bring into view
• bring it on
• bring it weak
• bring off
• bring on
• bring on oneself
• bring one to oneself
• bring out
• bring out in droves
• bring out of
• bring out of mothballs
• bring out of shell
• bring out the best in
• bring over from some place
• bring over some place)
• bring over to
• bring owls to Athens
• bring round
• bring sand to the beach
• bring someone down
• bring someone on
• bring something up
• bring the house down
• bring through
• bring to
• bring to a boil
• bring to a close
• bring to a dead end
• bring to a halt
• bring to a head
• bring to a standstill
• bring to a successful conclusion
• bring to account
• bring to aid
• bring to attention
• bring to bear
• bring to book
• bring to do
• bring to feet
• bring to fruition
• bring to heel
• bring to justice
• bring to knees
• bring to life
• bring to light
• bring to mind
• bring to one's knees
• bring to pass
• bring to rest
• bring to senses
• bring to terms
• bring to the [bargaining etc.] table
• bring to the fore
• bring to the party
• bring to the table
• bring to trial
• bring together
• bring under
• bring under control
• bring up
• bring up for
• bring up on
• bring up sharply
• bring up short
• bring up the rear
• bring up to
• bring up to date
• bring up with a start
• bring up-to-date
• bring with
• bring within a range
• bring within range
• bring-down
• call to mind
• come to one's senses
• Earp slop, bring the mop
• fall in line
• gather into
• in play
• out in the open
• out of the closet
• out of the woodwork
• put the roses in cheeks
• retrieve from some place
• ring down the curtain on
• That brings me to the point
• under control
• up to speed
• up to the minute
• What brings you here?
• which brings me to the point
• worth of a thing is what it will bring