jog someone's memory
English
Verb
jog someone's memory (third-person singular simple present jogs someone's memory, present participle jogging someone's memory, simple past and past participle jogged someone's memory)
- (idiomatic) To cause someone to remember something, suddenly; to spark a memory.
- Hypernym: refresh someone's memory
Translations
to cause someone to remember; to spark memory — see refresh someone's memory
See also
Further reading
- “jog somebody s memory” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “jog someone's memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “jog someone s memory” (US) / “jog someone s memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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