someone's train of thought
- someone's train of thought
someone's train of thought
Fig. someone's pattern of thinking or sequence of ideas; what one was just thinking about. (See also
lose one's
train of thought.) •
My train of thought is probably not as clear as it should be.
•
I cannot seem to follow your train of thought on this matter. Will you explain it a little more carefully, please?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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