Meaning & use
train of thought
The connected sequence of ideas that a person is thinking about at a particular time.
See it in a sentence
The phone rang and completely broke his train of thought while he was writing.
Please don't interrupt; I'm trying to follow my train of thought before I forget it.
A note on using this word
This phrase is almost always used with a possessive, as in 'lose your train of thought' or 'follow someone's train of thought'.
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