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sprang to mind

sprang to mind is the simple past of spring to mind.

Meaning of spring to mind

Verb

spring to mind (third-person singular simple present springs to mind, present participle springing to mind, simple past sprang to mind, past participle sprung to mind)

  1. (idiomatic) To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something.
    • Two good reasons spring to mind at once.1987, R.C.D. Jasper, Geoffrey J. Cuming, Prayer of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed, page 3

Questions about sprang to mind

What is sprang to mind the simple past of?
Sprang to mind is the simple past of spring to mind.

Words near sprang to mind in the dictionary

  1. sprang back
  2. sprang for
  3. sprang into action
  4. sprang out
  5. sprang to life
  6. sprang to mind
  7. sprang to somebody's defence
  8. sprang up
  9. Spranger
  10. Sprangers
  11. sprangest

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