forget it

1. Overlook it, it's not important; you're quite mistaken. This colloquial imperative is used in a variety of ways. For example, in Thanks so much for helping—Forget it, it was nothing, it is a substitute for “don't mention it” or you're welcome; in Stop counting the change—forget it! it means “stop doing something unimportant” in You think assembling this swingset was easy—forget it! it means “it was not at all easy”; and in Forget it—you'll never understand this theorem it means that the possibility of your understanding it is hopeless. [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

But if you’re expecting the press to hold him accountable, forget it.

From Salon

Berta’s home is too small to contain Leroy — and Christopher’s performance never lets us forget it.

From Los Angeles Times

“I was dancing and getting hyped up. When we actually did it, I had to live in it for a little bit … At the end of the day you feel this exhausted satisfaction and catharsis. But seeing his little face on the ground was pretty awful. I’ll never forget it.”

From Los Angeles Times

"Our bodies remember what we went through… If we forget, it'll happen again. And someday, there'll be no one left to tell the story."

From BBC

"I say, forget it. I'm not gonna talk anymore. This has happened on too many occasions and I don't like it," he said, though he also insisted that he and Putin always got along very well.

From BBC

Related Words

• back down 
• back off 
• cancel 
• deny 
• disavow 
• disown 
• pull back 
• recant 
• renege 
• renounce 
• repeal 
• repudiate 
• rescind 
• reverse 
• revoke 
• rule out 
• take back 
• withdraw