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forget it

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forget (about) it
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?
"Talk also unto me of woman," said she; "I am old enough to forget it presently.
I am still 'is dear brother's child, and he cannot forget it.
 
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