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Today's Idiom = "Let Bygones Be Bygones"






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Let Bygones Be Bygones ( forget about the disagreement ... )

"Let Bygones Be Bygones"



A "bygone" is something which has already happened; the time when it happened has "gone by". We say "let bygones be bygones" to people who have had a disagreement in the past when we want them to move forward leaving their disagreement in the past.

Example: "You and I have had our disagreements; let's let bygones be bygones."



{often used with: Forgive and forget}





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