Definition of lets 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':
iunno	Definitions include: "I dunno", i.e. "I don't know".
404	Definitions include: missing or misplaced.
go blank	Definitions include: to forget; have one's mind "go blank".
draw a blank	Definitions include: to temporarily forget.
plumb forget	Definitions include: to completely forget.
beat	Definitions include: lacking excitement or people; "boring".
space out	Definitions include: to lose one's concentration.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'be':
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
BBL	Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
be a cold day in hell when	Definitions include: never.
be a dot	Definitions include: to be leaving.
be all about	Definitions include: to devote a significant amount of one's time too.
be all ears	Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
be all in the same boat	Definitions include: to be in a bad situation along with others.
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
be ars*d	Definitions include: be bothered.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be dog meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be easy	Definitions include: "goodbye".
be fender meat	Definitions include: to be dead.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
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Other terms relating to 'let':
lemme	Definitions include: "Let me".
-let	Definitions include: suffix indicating a small version of something.
Let a stinker	Definitions include: To fart,flatuate,or pass gas. He just let a stinker.
let 'er rip	Definitions include: to flatulate
Let her buck.	Definitions include: an invitation to let something proceed, as when bull-riding and requesting the gate be opened.
let it all hang out	Definitions include: to relax.
let it go	Definitions include: to stop pursuing a line of conversation or questioning.
let it rip	Definitions include: to do something enthusiastically.
let loose	Definitions include: to relax and have fun.
let off the hook	Definitions include: See off the hook.
let one	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
let one go	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
let (one) hang	Definitions include: to let a person suffer the consequences of their actions.
let (one) hit it	Definitions include: let's have sex.
let one rip	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".
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