take your mind off

(idiom) stop thinking about something for a short period of time

Example Sentences:

I know you are worried about your mom, but why don’t we go to a movie. It might help you take your mind off your problems.

When she studies hard for tests, Tam likes to take her mind off her topic every few hours and go for a walk.

Similar idioms:

1. take one’s mind off something
2. speak one’s mind
3. stop by
4. stop in
5. make short work of something
6. one-track mind
7. have something on one’s mind
8. mind-numbing
9. mind-blowing
10. got a screw loose
11. give someone a piece of your mind
12. on second thought
13. blow one’s mind
14. beat about the bush
15. beat around the bush