forget it

Idioms  

1. Overlook it, it's not important; you're quite mistaken. This colloquial imperative is used in a variety of ways. For example, in Thanks so much for helping—Forget it, it was nothing, it is a substitute for “don't mention it” or you're welcome; in Stop counting the change—forget it! it means “stop doing something unimportant” in You think assembling this swingset was easy—forget it! it means “it was not at all easy”; and in Forget it—you'll never understand this theorem it means that the possibility of your understanding it is hopeless. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

And, lest we forget, it was only halftime.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Forget it. Just be glad he isn't judging the art contest."

From Literature

"Forget it," he said, opening the office door.

From Literature

“So much bigger and brighter than I’d ever imagined they could be! And so many more than I had ever realized there were! They lit up a stretch of sky from the inside, like a path of light. And the fireflies were dancing dots of light, like stars falling around us. Stars above, stars below, stars all around! I’ll never forget it!”

From Literature

"John Virgo was that good. He really was special, and people tend to forget it."

From BBC

Related Words

• back down
• back off
• cancel
• deny
• disavow
• disown
• pull back
• recant
• renege
• renounce
• repeal
• repudiate
• rescind
• reverse
• revoke
• rule out
• take back
• withdraw