put someone in mind of

put (one) in mind of (someone or something)

To remind one of someone or something. Cold weather like this always puts me in mind of childhood trips to our cabin in the mountains. That actor puts me in mind of John. Don't you think?See also: mind, of, put

put someone in mind of

resemble and so cause someone to think of or remember. 2004 MV Daily Physically, he put me in mind of a cross between a young Michael Palin and the late, lamented David Munrow . See also: mind, of, put, someone