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forgive and forget
Idioms and Phrases
Both pardon and hold no resentment concerning a past event. For example, After Meg and Mary decided to forgive and forget their differences, they became good friends . This phrase dates from the 1300s and was a proverb by the mid-1500s. For a synonym, see let bygones be bygones .Example Sentences
Instead, he dug in his heels, hoping voters would forgive and forget.
“It’s all about forgive and forget and one game at a time,” Oettinger explained.
Will fans forgive and forget Henderson's Saudi move?
Americans on the winning side were not in the mood to fully forgive and forget, and the idea that some secessionists could be elected to Congress after betraying the union was unsettling, if not abhorrent.
On the off chance that some viewers were inclined to forgive and forget, all they had to do was catch a glimpse of Kevin Costner at a table in the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom looking like he was caught in a hostage video.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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