refresh someone's memory

refresh someone's memory (third-person singular simple present refreshes someone's memory, present participle refreshing someone's memory, simple past and past participle refreshed someone's memory)

1. To cause someone to remember something.

   Hyponym: jog someone's memory

• “refresh somebody s memory” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “refresh someone's memory”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “refresh someone s memory”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “refresh someone s memory” (US) / “refresh someone s memory” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.