jog my memory

jog my memory
Jog my memory
If you jog someone's memory, you say words that will help someone trying to remember a thought, event, word, phrase, experience, etc.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • jog your memory — jog (your) memory to cause you to remember something. I use the photos to remind me of what I ve seen, to jog my memory …   New idioms dictionary

  • jog the memory — index remind Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • jog your memory — do or say something to help you remember    This photo of your dog may jog your memories of the old days …   English idioms

  • jog someone's memory — jog someone’s memory phrase to make someone remember something Police hope to jog the memory of anyone who was in the area at the time of the attack. Thesaurus: to cause someone to remembersynonym Main entry: jog * * * cause someone to remember… …   Useful english dictionary

  • jog memory — jog (your) memory to cause you to remember something. I use the photos to remind me of what I ve seen, to jog my memory …   New idioms dictionary

  • jog somebody's memory — jog sb s ˈmemory idiom to say or do sth that makes sb remember sth • Maybe these letters will help to jog your memory. Main entry: ↑jogidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • Jog — (j[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jogged} (j[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Jogging} (j[o^]g g[i^]ng).] [OE. joggen; cf. W. gogi to shake, and also E. shog, shock, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Memory — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Memory >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 memory memory remembrance Sgm: N 1 retention retention retentiveness Sgm: N 1 tenacity tenacity Sgm: N 1 veteris vestigia flammae veteris vestigia flammae Sgm: N 1 tablets of the… …   English dictionary for students

  • jog — [[t]ʤɒ̱g[/t]] jogs, jogging, jogged 1) VERB If you jog, you run slowly, often as a form of exercise. I got up early the next morning to jog... He could scarcely jog around the block that first day. Derived words: jogging N UNCOUNT It isn t the… …   English dictionary

  • jog — jog1 [dʒɔg US dʒa:g] v past tense and past participle jogged present participle jogging [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from shog to shake, push (14 19 centuries)] 1.) to run slowly and steadily, especially as a way of exercising ▪ I go… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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