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Meaning of back of one's mind | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. One's remote memory.
  2. The supposed location of low-importance plans within the brain.

Equivalents

Deutsch Hinterkopf
Polski w tyle głowy

Examples

“So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have⟳ been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.”
“Wallpapering the bedroom has been at the back of my mind⟳ for some time now.”
“In the backs of all our minds was the proud hope⟳ that somehow or other we should get⟳ there.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

back of the book Back of the Wight back off back office back out back page

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