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Idiom

forget you

Meaning

A forceful expression of anger, dismissal, or contempt directed at someone.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He told me to forget you after our argument.”

“When she insulted my family, I looked her in the eye and told her to forget you.”

“The betrayal was so profound that, rather than seeking an apology, he simply turned his back and told his former partner to forget you.”

Examples

simple

“He told me to forget you after our argument.”

contextual

“When she insulted my family, I looked her in the eye and told her to forget you.”

complex

“The betrayal was so profound that, rather than seeking an apology, he simply turned his back and told his former partner to forget you.”

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