spring to mind
verb1
Idiomatic To appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something.
- Two good reasons spring to mind at once.1987, R.C.D. Jasper, Geoffrey J. Cuming, Prayer of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed, page 3:
- Synonyms
- come to mind, leap to mind
- Related terms
- call to mind, bring to mind