forget
verb
to be unable to remember a fact or piece of information
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To forget, or to try to forget
blot out
to forget something unpleasant, or to make someone forget an unpleasant memory or feeling
blank out
if you blank out a feeling, memory, warning etc, you deliberately try not to think about it or try to forget it
put something behind you
to forget something unpleasant that has happened to you, or to stop being affected by it
lose sight of
to forget an important fact, or to forget what your main aim is, because you are thinking too much about other things
slip your mind/memory
if something slips your mind/memory, you forget to do it
live down
to make people forget about something embarrassing or silly that you have done
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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