Learn English – Meaning of the phrase “think something”

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When people appeared in Australia, many species died off. This is true of Europe. Think woolly mammoth.

What does it mean and why there is no article before "wolly mammoth"?

Best Answer

Interesting question. It is an idiom used by article-writers. I think of it as having implied quotation marks, so it really means

Think "woolly mammoth".

i.e.

Think of the concept "woolly mammoth".

But this is not a very convincing argument.

I think you just have to accept this idiom "Think [name of a concept>]".

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