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come to mention it

phrase

Etymology

An ellipsis of "now that you come to mention it".

Definitions

  1. What you just said reminds me of something

    What you just said reminds me of something; Used to justify a change of subject or a kind of statement that needs some kind of license.

    • "What do you think of the banking reforms?" / "Come to mention it, I've got to get to the bank before it closes today.
    • "Did you see that hat he was wearing?" / "Come to mention it, he always wears funny clothes."

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No curated loop yet for come to mention it. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA