summons up
Brings to mind
To summon up is to call forth from within—memory, courage, strength, or emotion: She summoned up the nerve to ask for a raise, He summoned up memories of his childhood.
The phrase suggests deliberate effort to produce something internal, often when it doesn't come naturally.
Summon alone can do the same work, but summons up emphasizes the gathering or mustering involved.
- stirMix by circling
- stirs upIncites or agitates
- invokeCall upon formally
- conjures upMentally summons or suggests
- recallMemory retrieval act
conjure · retrieve · flash · manifest · recollect · brings back · embody · remember · dredge up · visualize · mental image · mind's eye · call forth · calls to mind · echo · portray · bring to mind · inspire
summons upforgets
Loses from memory
represses · suppresses · buries · loses · draws a blank
summons upbanishes
Expels from a place
dispels · dismisses · drives away · exorcises · suppresses