Idiom Breakdown

forgive and forget

English coordinated pairs

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Definition

To absolve somebody completely for a past wrongdoing; to pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.

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""We will go away in the yacht. Does it matter where we live, so long as we live for each other? Forgive and forget! Oh, Valeria, Valeria, forgive and forget!""
"'Not long before he died, the old man disowned him. Then a year and a half ago mom forgave and forgot.'"

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