Proficiency vocabulary

jog someone's memory

Fig. to stimulate someone's memory to recall something. Hearing the first part of the song I'd forgotten really jogged my memory. DI tried to jog Bill's memory about our childhood antics.

See also: jog

jog your memory

to cause you to remember something Police are hoping to jog people's memory by showing them pictures of a car that was used in a robbery.

See also: jog

take a stroll/trip down memory lane

to remember some of the happy things that you did in the past We were just taking a stroll down memory lane and recalling the days of our youth.

See commit to memory, jog memory, have a memory like a sieve

See also: lane, stroll, take

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