From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcome/spring to mindcome/spring to mind[not in progressive]THINK something/HAVE A THOUGHT if something comes or springs to mind, you suddenly or immediately think of it I just used the first excuse which sprang to mind. A memory of last night came to mind, and he smiled. Fatherhood doesn’t immediately spring to mind when you think of James. ► Do not say that something ‘comes to your mind’ or ‘springs to your mind’. Say that it comes to mind or springs to mind. → mind
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come/spring to mind• Three possible explanations come to mind.• Multiple calamities had come to mind.• Dell and Elonex immediately spring to mind.• As I thought about this, two questions kept coming to mind.• Faded was the word that sprang to mind - everything had a rather tired quality about it.• All of this comes to mind because of the movies.• He waited for something to come to mind. 