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forgive and forget

[forgive and forget] {v.} To have no bad feelings about what happened in the past. * /After the argument the boys decided to forgive and forget./ Syn.: [LET BYGONES BE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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forget oneself

[forget oneself] {v. phr.} To do something one should have remembered not to do; do something below one's usual conduct although one knows better; let one's self-control slip. * /He […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

let bygones be bygones

[let bygones be bygones] {v. phr.} To let the past be forgotten. * /After a long, angry quarrel the two boys agreed to let bygones be bygones and made friends […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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