jog someone's memory

English

Verb

jog someone's memory (third-person singular simple present jogs someone's memory, present participle jogging someone's memory, simple past and past participle jogged someone's memory)

1. (idiomatic) To cause someone to remember something, suddenly; to spark a memory.

   Hypernym: refresh someone's memory

Translations

to cause someone to remember; to spark memory — see refresh someone's memory

See also

• ring a bell

Further reading

• “jog somebody s memory” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “jog someone's memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “jog someone s memory” (US) / “jog someone s memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.