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cast one's mind back

cast one's mind back verb: to try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

Verb

cast one's mind back (third-person singular simple present casts one's mind back, present participle casting one's mind back, simple past and past participle cast one's mind back)

  1. (idiomatic, often, with-to) To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

Forms of cast one's mind back

third-person singular presentcasts one's mind back
present participlecasting one's mind back
past participlecast one's mind back
pastcast one's mind back

Questions about cast one's mind back

What does cast one's mind back mean?
Cast one's mind back means to try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.
What part of speech is cast one's mind back?
Cast one's mind back is a verb.
What is the past tense of cast one's mind back?
The past tense of cast one's mind back is cast one's mind back.

Words near cast one's mind back in the dictionary

  1. cast off
  2. cast oil on troubled waters
  3. cast on
  4. cast one's bread upon the waters
  5. cast one's lot with
  6. cast one's mind back
  7. cast one's net far and wide
  8. cast one's net wide
  9. cast one's net wider
  10. cast one's vote
  11. cast out

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