jog someone's memory

jog someone's memory
to make someone remember something

Police hope to jog the memory of anyone who was in the area at the time of the attack.


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  • 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

  • jog — I UK [dʒɒɡ] / US [dʒɑɡ] verb Word forms jog : present tense I/you/we/they jog he/she/it jogs present participle jogging past tense jogged past participle jogged 1) [intransitive] to run at a slow steady speed, usually for exercise or pleasure 2)… …   English dictionary

  • jog — jog1 [ dʒag ] verb 1. ) intransitive to run at a slow steady speed, usually for exercise or pleasure 2. ) transitive to knock something so that it moves slightly jog someone s memory to make someone remember something ,jog a long phrasal verb… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • jog — verb (jogs, jogging, jogged) 1》 run at a steady, gentle pace, especially as a form of exercise.     ↘(of a horse) move at a slow trot.     ↘(jog along/on) continue in a steady, uneventful way. 2》 nudge or knock slightly. noun 1》 a spell of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • Memory Almost Full — Studio album by Paul McCartney Released 4 June 2007 …   Wikipedia

  • memory — / memFri/ noun 1 ABILITY TO REMEMBER (C, U) the ability to remember things, places, experiences etc: Grandpa was getting old and his memory wasn t so good. | have a good/bad memory for sth (=be good or bad at remembering things of a particular… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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