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brain dump

quickly write down all your thoughts

A quick record of all the thoughts and ideas in your mind, usually without organising them first.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

How are you going to organise all those ideas?

I will do a brain dump first and sort them out later.

Play the conversation

I did a brain dump before starting the presentation slides.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I dumped my brain onto the page before the meeting.

Say: I did a brain dump before the meeting.

Use "do a brain dump" for the activity; "brain dump" can also be used as a noun.

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How it fits in a sentence.

do a brain dump; brain-dump your ideas

Your turn: say it out loud

I did a brain dump before starting the presentation slides.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

brain dump

quickly write down all your thoughts

“I did a brain dump before starting the presentation slides.”

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