forget, verb transitive
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Influenced by Afrikaans vergeet to leave behind.
To leave (something) behind (somewhere), unintentionally or through a lapse of memory.
- Note:
- Also U.S. English.
1916 S. Black in S. Gray Three Plays (1984) 218Van K: Did you get them? Van Slaap: Good Lord, yes — I’ve forgotten them in the taxi.
1985 Drum July 25My dad..says his prayers every morning and every evening...But even he has experienced what it is like to sleep in a police cell. All because he forgot his passbook at home.
To leave (something) behind (somewhere), unintentionally or through a lapse of memory.
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