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Definition of let bygones be bygones

let bygones be bygones

verb

  • forget about something bad that happened in the past.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to forget.

    Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to forget':

Definitions include: "I dunno", i.e. "I don't know".
Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
Definitions include: to forget; have one's mind "go blank".
Definitions include: to temporarily forget.
Definitions include: to completely forget.
Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
Definitions include: to lose one's concentration.

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Other terms relating to 'be':

Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
Definitions include: never.
Definitions include: to be leaving.
Definitions include: to devote a significant amount of one's time too.
Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: to be in a bad situation along with others.
Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
Definitions include: be bothered.
Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
Definitions include: "goodbye".
Definitions include: to be dead.
Definitions include: to be unintelligible.

Other terms relating to 'let':

Definitions include: "Let me".
Definitions include: suffix indicating a small version of something.
Definitions include: To fart,flatuate,or pass gas. He just let a stinker.
Definitions include: to flatulate
Definitions include: an invitation to let something proceed, as when bull-riding and requesting the gate be opened.
Definitions include: to relax.
Definitions include: to stop pursuing a line of conversation or questioning.
Definitions include: to do something enthusiastically.
Definitions include: to relax and have fun.
Definitions include: See off the hook.
Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
Definitions include: to let a person suffer the consequences of their actions.
Definitions include: let's have sex.
Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".

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