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

How long should you set it and forget it when it comes to your retirement plan?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Evolution by natural selection is such a familiar concept that it can be easy to forget it describes the present as well as the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In Norway's moment of triumph, Lillelien's colourful commentary meant those who represented England in that defeat will never be allowed to forget it.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

HR: I do think that it’s easy to forget all of that, because I think we all wanted to forget it to a certain degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

There are rich Spinneys and poor Spinneys and regular Spinneys, but there ain’t no swamp Spinneys, and my mom’s family never let my dad forget it, believe you me.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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