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refresh someone's memory

refresh someone's memory verb: to cause someone to remember something.

Verb

refresh someone's memory (third-person singular simple present refreshes someone's memory, present participle refreshing someone's memory, simple past and past participle refreshed someone's memory)

  1. To cause someone to remember something.

Forms of refresh someone's memory

third-person singular presentrefreshes someone's memory
present participlerefreshing someone's memory
past participlerefreshed someone's memory
pastrefreshed someone's memory

Questions about refresh someone's memory

What does refresh someone's memory mean?
Refresh someone's memory means to cause someone to remember something.
What part of speech is refresh someone's memory?
Refresh someone's memory is a verb.
What is the past tense of refresh someone's memory?
The past tense of refresh someone's memory is refreshed someone's memory.

Words near refresh someone's memory in the dictionary

  1. refrence
  2. refrenced
  3. refresh
  4. refresh rate
  5. refresh rates
  6. refresh someone's memory
  7. refreshable
  8. refreshable display
  9. refreshable displays
  10. refreshaholic
  11. refreshaholics

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