refresh someone's memory

English

Verb

refresh someone's memory (third-person singular simple present refreshes someone's memory, present participle refreshing someone's memory, simple past and past participle refreshed someone's memory)

1. To cause someone to remember something.

   Hyponym: jog someone's memory

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: iemands geheugen opfrissen
• Finnish: virkistää jonkun muistia
• French: rafraîchir la mémoire (fr)
• German: auf die Sprünge helfen
• Hungarian: felfrissíti az emlékezetét, emlékeztet (hu)
• Khmer: រំឭក (km) (rumlɨk)
• Polish: odświeżać komuś pamięć impf, odświeżyć komuś pamięć pf

Further reading

• “refresh somebody s memory” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “refresh someone's memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “refresh someone s memory”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “refresh someone s memory” (US) / “refresh someone s memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.