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Definition of Spring to mind
1. Verb. Be remembered. "His name comes to mind when you mention the strike"
Definition of Spring to mind
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring To Mind
Literary usage of Spring to mind
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Selfish Pig's Guide to Caring by Hugh Marriott (2003)
"Phrases like "stew in their own juice" spring to mind. Quickly followed by that
relentless guilt. So you DO do it again. You make another stupendous effort. ..."
2. The Christian Spectator (1828)
"A little of my toil might better brace your bodies, give spring to mind and zest
to enjoyment ; and a very little of that wealth, which you scatter around ..."
3. How to Read Poetry by Ethel Maude Colson (1918)
"spring to mind, at random, numbers of the representative and diabolically ingenious
group setting forth the "purple cow" motif ..."
4. The Great Depression, 1929-1938: Lessons for the 1980s by Christian Saint-Etienne (1984)
"Two questions spring to mind: Was the disinflationary crisis necessary and could
such a near simultaneous default by major debtors at some point in the next ..."
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