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Let bygones be bygones |
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Let bygones be bygones. Cliché Forgive someone for something he or she did in the past. Jill: Why don't you want to invite Ellen to your party? Jane: She was rude to me at the off ice picnic. Jill: But that was six months ago. Let bygones be bygones. Nancy held a grudge against her teacher for a long time, but she finally decided to let bygones be bygones. See also: let Let bygones be bygones. (slightly formal) something that you say in order to tell someone to forget about unpleasant things that have happened in the past Why can't you put all that bad feeling behind you and let bygones be bygones? See also: let let bygones be bygones forget about unpleasant things that have happened in the past There is a feeling here that we should let bygones be bygones and move on to more important things. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form bygones are bygones: What is past history is history, what is done is finished, and bygones are bygones. See also: let How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Good land, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones, I'm sure. She has been wrong all through, and I would have said so before but that I wanted to be reconciled to her and to let bygones be bygones. "No, no," said the little man with a laugh, "we will let bygones be bygones. |
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