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

Indeed those who witnessed world record holder Josh Kerr's thrilling triumph in the mile - which last featured at the Games in 1966 - will never forget it.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

I was in the chamber for that vote, and I will never forget it.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

“You can forget it if you’re trying to make me laugh. It’s not working.”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

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