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IDIOM : To "jog your memory"

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Post  Vincent Law Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:51 pm

"To jog someone's memory":
Fig. to stimulate someone's memory to recall something.
Ex: "Hearing the first part of the song I'd forgotten really jogged my memory." - "I tried to jog Bill's memory about our childhood antics."
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"To jog your memory":
To cause you to remember something.
Ex:"Police are hoping to jog people's memory by showing them pictures of a car that was used in a robbery." - "I use the photos to remind me of what I've seen, to jog my memory."

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