back of one's mind

noun

Definitions

  1. One's remote memory.

    • So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds.
  2. The supposed location of low-importance plans within the brain.

    • Wallpapering the bedroom has been at the back of my mind for some time now.
    • In the backs of all our minds was the proud hope that somehow or other we should get there.

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