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forget about something

do not expect something. The hotel has room service, but forget about anyone wheeling an elegant meal into your room.

See also: about

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.

forgive and forget

to accept and not think about what someone has done to you. If they can admit they were wrong, then they can surely forgive and forget.

See also: forgive