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

Osbourne was proud to be a "working class Brummy", said Sharon, "and he never let anyone forget it".

From BBC

After I married, Dr. Kane would not let me refer to my old life—he wanted me to forget it.

From Literature

“I was simply inquiring whether you were in possession of a vase for the wildflowers of which you spoke. My great-aunt once had a spectacular vase. I shall never forget it. Painted in the lightest of blues, with twisting vinelike handles, one could only admire its daintiness. But heavy? My goodness, you could not imagine an object as heavy as that vase.”

From Literature

Grandpa frowned and said, “I don’t believe that monkey is as wild as you think he is. Once an animal has been tamed, he doesn’t ever forget it.”

From Literature

Papa smiled and said, “You know, if a fellow can learn something through experience when he’s young, he doesn’t ever forget it.”

From Literature

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