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• Let bygones be bygones
  Let bygones be bygones

  Let past offenses and problems stay in the past; don't let them taint the present.
• let bygones be bygones
  let bygones be bygones

  What's done is done; don't worry about the past, especially past errors or grievances. For example, Bill and Tom shook hands and agreed to let bygones be bygones. [First half of 1600s]

Let bygones be bygones

Cultural  

1. Let past offenses and problems stay in the past; don't let them taint the present.

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let bygones be bygones Idioms  

1. What's done is done; don't worry about the past, especially past errors or grievances. For example, Bill and Tom shook hands and agreed to let bygones be bygones. [First half of 1600s]

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Example Sentences

That 36 in Adelaide and 78 in Leeds serve to highlight the temperament of players who can let bygones be bygones and remember only the good times.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

In a video, he said the army was ready for negotiations, but "we will not let bygones be bygones."

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

In a polite world, the trio would have invited her to join their celebration and let bygones be bygones.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2022

But after they met and ironed out their differences, Snyder, to his credit, let bygones be bygones.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2021

They didn’t know how to account for his strange doings but, to their credit, they were willing to let bygones be bygones.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe

Related Words

• absolve
• condone
• excuse
• forget