put someone in mind of

Definitions

To remind someone of; to inspire a mental image or awareness of; to cause thoughts concerning.

idiomatic

Examples

“Your talking of a retreat, Mr. Marlow, puts me in mind⟳ of the Duke of Marlborough, when we went to besiege Denain.”

“"Ye hae a face⟳ and a tongue that puts me in mind⟳ of auld times."”

“Sisterhood, brotherhood was often forgotten; but not till the rise⟳ of these ultimate Mammon and Shotbelt Gospels, did I ever see⟳ it so expressly denied. If no pious Lord or Law-ward would remember⟳ it, always […] some pious thoughtful Elder, what we now call⟳ ‘Prester,’ Presbyter or ‘Priest,’ was there to put⟳ all men in mind⟳ of it, in the name⟳ of the God who had made all.”

“Who will inherit⟳ the earth? . . . Most futurists and even some zoologists tend⟳ toward the whimsical: late-late-show killer ants, say⟳, or playful monsters that put⟳ one in mind⟳ of Lewis Carroll's frumious Bandersnatch.”

“With this weekend's whack of snow⟳, Torontonians will be put⟳ in mind⟳ of last⟳ year's chaos.”

“The silos are rudimentary concrete bins, built for waste⟳ to be tipped in, but for no other kind of access. Their further degradation is a sure thing. It all put⟳ me in mind⟳ of a man who’d made a house of ice in deepest winter but now senses spring⟳ around the corner, and must move⟳ his furniture out before it all melts and collapses around him.”

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