bygone
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈbaɪˌɡɔn/
:
algo del pasado
- What do you say we just let bygones be bygones?
- let bygones be bygones
Let's focus on planning the Disneyland trip and let bygones be bygones.
- Let's focus on planning the Disneyland trip and let bygones be bygones.
- When forgiveness or idiocy like Let Bygones be Bygones comes up, there is a danger of therapy becoming a place of enabling.
Examples
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Graduation-party nostalgia brought them back together that night, where they let bygones be bygones, forgiving the small betrayals.
Fiction book (1996) -
What do you say we let bygones be bygones?
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"I really was willing to let bygones be bygones.
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Junior, look, hand over the baby, and we'll let bygones be bygones.
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You know, let bygones be bygones.
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Or we could let bygones be bygones and just let them go.
Blog text (28) -
We'll just let bygones be bygones.
Fiction book (1990) -
However, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones if you are.
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I propose we let bygones be bygones.
Fiction book (1998) -
After their dispute, they decided to focus on the future and leave bygones in the past.
Synonyms
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3.8
Something that people do not use or think about anymore
9
4.4
A past event or fact that many people no longer care about
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3.9
Something that happened in the past and is no longer important
2
7.2
An object, custom, or idea from long ago that seems out of date
An old object that reminds people of an earlier time
Ideas or things people now see as old and useless
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Etymology
Bygones (the noun form) comes from by + gone, meaning 'gone by', and was used for things that have already passed. So, calling something a bygone means it is in the past and not important now.