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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forget it

"Soon, all the boys around me were doing it. Pssht, pssht. It was so much fun. Once you saw it, you couldn't forget it."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“The stranger and more disturbing an incident was, the faster you needed to forget it again.”

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

As for reliable, timely detection of military diversions, forget it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Unfortunately for her, her decision to speak out about it has all but ensured that no one’s going to forget it anytime soon.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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