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🧠 To remind 🏃 To run slowly 🏃 A slow run 👈 A small push 👈 To nudge ↩️ A sharp turn 💬 To ramble 📄 To align pages
to jog

to jog

29 3.7
To make someone remember something with a small hint
  • verb
  • /dʒɔɡ/
translation icon : recordar
  • I brought some old photos to see if they might jog your memory about our trip.
  • jog someone's memory

And often that alone just jogs your memory and gets you going again.

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Examples

Synonyms

to remind
vsto jog
∞ 1.0

To make someone remember something they need to do or something from the past

centers on helping recall rather than prompting actions or obligations
to refresh
vsto jog
50 2.8

Help someone or yourself remember something forgotten

focuses on causing someone else to remember rather than self-use
to refresh memory
vsto jog
24 3.4

To help someone remember things they learned before

is broader, covering general recall rather than only learned details
to jog one's memory
vsto jog
5 4.5

Help someone remember something they forgot

has identical meaning but appears as a fixed phrase instead of a single word

Antonyms

to forget
∞ 1.0

Not remember something you should remember

Idioms

to jog one's memory
5 4.5

Help someone remember something they forgot

Compounds

jog trot
  • Jargon
8.4

A gentle, steady way a horse moves between walking and trotting

How Effective

to remind
∞ 1.0
to jog
29 3.7
to cue
60 3.2
to hint
136 2.0

Surface Forms

jog infinitive
jogged past
jogged past participle
jogging present participle
jogs third person singular

Etymology

To jog someone's memory comes from giving the mind a small push, like a gentle shake that brings a thought back, so jog here means to help someone remember something.