forget it

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forget (about) it (spoken)

1. do not even ask about it People point at our car when we drive down the road, and when we stop somewhere, forget about it. I enjoyed dinner, but as for the party, well, forget it!

Usage notes: used to say that something was so extreme it would be impossible to describe it, and sometimes humorously spelled fuggedaboutit to show how it is said

2. do not think or worry about it Want to have it all? Forget it! It can't be done. One editor's attitude was, if you understood all of it, fine, and if not, forget about it.

See also: forget

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These stupid old lips of mine and this stupid old head do not deserve so, but you will forget it, will you not? Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context "Talk also unto me of woman," said she; "I am old enough to forget it presently. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context I am still 'is dear brother's child, and he cannot forget it. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context			force hand force in force of habit force off force on force or an animal from force out of force out of office force through force to be reckoned with force to the wall fore fore and aft foreclose on foregone foregone conclusion forelock-tugging forest forever forever and ever forewarn forewarn about Forewarned is forearmed forget forget about forget it Forget it! forget manners forget oneself Forget you! forgive Forgive and forget forgive for fork fork out fork over fork some money out forked form form an opinion form and substance form from form into form out of former fort forth fortify fortune Fortune favors the brave forty			Forgery, Forger Forgery, Forger Forgery, Forger forgery-proof forges forges forges forges forges forges ahead forges ahead forges ahead forges ahead Forges et Ateliers de Construction d'Eure et Loire forget forget forget forget Forget 'em If They Can't Take A Joke forget (oneself) forget (oneself) forget about forget about Forget About It Forget About Me, I Love You Forget Everything and Relax Forget Everything and Remember Forget Everything And Run Forget Everything, Let's Party Forget I Said Anything forget it Forget It I'm Getting Out Forget It I'm Out of Here Forget It Let It All Hang Out Forget It Stuff Happens Forget it! Forget It! I Got My Orders Forget It, Cuz It Don't Even Matter Forget It, Do It Later Forget It, Drive On Forget It, Got My Orders Forget It, I Got My Assignment RIP Forget It, I Got My Orders Forget It, Let's Take A Break Forget It, Stuff Happens, Drive On Forget It, That'll Do forget manners forget me drug Forget Me Not Forget Me Not in Stitches Forget My Life forget oneself Forget The Air Force Forget the Fuel Economy Forget the Guard

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