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sprung to mind

sprung to mind is the past participle 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 sprung to mind

What is sprung to mind the past participle of?
Sprung to mind is the past participle of spring to mind.

Words near sprung to mind in the dictionary

  1. sprung into action
  2. sprung out
  3. sprung rhyme
  4. sprung rhymes
  5. sprung to life
  6. sprung to mind
  7. sprung to somebody's defence
  8. sprung up
  9. Sprunger
  10. Sprungers
  11. sprungest

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