Idiom
let bygones be bygones
Meaning
To disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We decided to let bygones be bygones and start fresh.”
“After years of arguing about the property line, the neighbors finally agreed to let bygones be bygones.”
“Despite the bitterness of their previous disagreement, they chose to let bygones be bygones for the sake of their long-standing friendship.”
Examples
simple
“We decided to let bygones be bygones and start fresh.”
contextual
“After years of arguing about the property line, the neighbors finally agreed to let bygones be bygones.”
complex
“Despite the bitterness of their previous disagreement, they chose to let bygones be bygones for the sake of their long-standing friendship.”
Origin
From bygone (“event that happened in the past”).
Key words
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