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refreshing someone's memory

refreshing someone's memory is the present participle and gerund of refresh someone's memory.

Meaning of refresh someone's memory

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.

Questions about refreshing someone's memory

What is refreshing someone's memory the present participle and gerund of?
Refreshing someone's memory is the present participle and gerund of refresh someone's memory.

Words near refreshing someone's memory in the dictionary

  1. refreshes someone's memory
  2. refreshful
  3. refreshfully
  4. refreshin'
  5. refreshing
  6. refreshing someone's memory
  7. refreshingly
  8. refreshingness
  9. refreshings
  10. refreshment
  11. refreshment car

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