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Let bygones be bygones

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let the past be forgotten.

See also: Bygone

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bygone
forget
forgive
past

past times
water under the bridge
yesteryear

Good land, I'm willing to let bygones be bygones, I'm sure.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

She has been wrong all through, and I would have said so before but that I wanted to be reconciled to her and to let bygones be bygones.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

"No, no," said the little man with a laugh, "we will let bygones be bygones.

The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context

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