fuhgeddaboud him

9.9

Tell someone to forget about a man or problem and move on

idiom
/fʌɡɛdæˈbaʊd hɪm/

Slang

: olvídate de él

Just fuhgeddaboud him and move on!

Examples

If you think he’ll apologize, fuhgeddaboud him—he never admits he's wrong.
He broke your heart? Fuhgeddaboud him and focus on yourself.
Whenever trouble comes his way, he just says, 'fuhgeddaboud him.'
If he thinks he can come back, just fuhgeddaboud him.
He broke your heart? Fuhgeddaboud him and focus on yourself.
If you think he’ll apologize, fuhgeddaboud him—he never admits he's wrong.
Just fuhgeddaboud him and move on!

Synonyms

to ignore

vsfuhgeddaboud him

∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

is an informal accented way to tell others to forget that person or issue

to disregard

vsfuhgeddaboud him

119 3.9

Ignore something or someone on purpose

is more slangy and expressive used with accent and emotional dismissal

to brush off

vsfuhgeddaboud him

Informal

22 3.9

To ignore what someone says or feels as unimportant

is a colorful accented slang way to dismiss a person with emphasis

to blank

vsfuhgeddaboud him

Informal

7 6.3

To ignore someone or suddenly forget something

is a vivid accented slang dismissal aimed at discarding a person or issue

to wave off

vsfuhgeddaboud him

Informal

2 5.9

Treat something as unimportant and ignore it

is slangy accented dismissal with personal emphasis rather than neutral refusal

Antonyms

to remember

∞ 1.0

To keep something in your mind so you do not forget it

Surface Forms

fuhgeddaboud him main

Morphology

fuhgeddaboud + him

This is a phonetic, dialectal spelling of 'forget about him' so the meaning is compositionally derived from 'forget + about + him.' However, the nonstandard orthography and strong accent reduction make it unlikely a B1 learner would recognise the parts from the written form without prior exposure, so the relation is partially clear but not fully predictable.

Etymology

Fuhgeddaboud him comes from how people with a New York accent say forget about him very fast, so the three words run together and sound like one short phrase. So when someone says fuhgeddaboud him, they mean 'forget about him' or 'don't worry about that person'.