to jog someone's memory

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"I seem to remember it was about selling warships," he replied - and we both hope that this might be enough to jog someone's memory.

Nicola Urquhart, McKeague's mother, responded to the latest information on Facebook, saying that that she will retrace her son's final steps this weekend in a bid to "jog someone's memory" and solve the case.

And photographs did exist – indeed the French police printed off 6,500 copies for distribution in the streets of Paris immediately after her disappearance, as if to jog someone's memory.

Reference a conversation you had at a holiday party, to jog someone's memory, if it is a new contact.

We are also issuing a photo of a similar type of jacket in the hope this may jog someone's memory.

"We hope that this appeal and the CCTV footage of the event will jog someone's memory and help us track down the perpetrator of this seemingly random attack".

He hopes the sketches of the two suspects can jog someone's memory.

Anders also revealed there were some distinguishing characteristics that might jog someone's memory.

"A red car, Sylmar, 1 a.m. and a tattoo – maybe that might jog someone's memory," Vernon said.

Forensic scientists constructed a model of the victim's head, based on what could be gleaned from the remains of the skull, in the hope of jogging someone's memory.

That seemed to jog Amber's memory.