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came to mind

came to mind is the simple past of come to mind.

Meaning of come to mind

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.
    • Sarcastic comments came to mind, but I said nothing.2001, Bill MacDonald, Patagonian odyssey: a travel memoir, page 157

Questions about came to mind

What is came to mind the simple past of?
Came to mind is the simple past of come to mind.

Words near came to mind in the dictionary

  1. came to grief
  2. came to grips with
  3. came to Jesus
  4. came to life
  5. came to light
  6. came to mind
  7. came to naught
  8. came to nothing
  9. came to nought
  10. came to one's hand
  11. came to one's senses

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