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For the verb: "to forget"

Simple Past:	forgot
Past Participle:	forgotten

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
forget/fəˈɡet/

▶verb (forgets, forgetting, forgot; past part. forgotten or chiefly US forgot) fail to remember.

■ inadvertently neglect to do.

■ cease to think of.

■ (forget oneself) neglect to behave appropriately.

– derivatives
forgetter noun.

– origin OE forgietan, of W. Gmc origin; ult. rel. to for- and get.

'forget' also found in these Oxford entries:

bygone - count - drown - dry - forget-me-not - forgot - forgotten - hurry - Lethean - live - myosotis - oblivion - oubliette

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... get it done and forget about it ....
“Forget about that”
"Forget me not" vs. "Don't forget me"
"Forget" the last part of the sentence.
"I forget his address" to American people.
"I'll Never Forget What's'isname"
"Lest we forget the truth"
"the old saying, which we forget to understand literally..."
and don't forget the esthetics!
Before I forget
blow the lines vs forget the lines
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discuss and forget without action
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Don't forget to vs. forget not to
Don't you forget it!=Please don't forget it. ???
fear that we should/would forget
feel power and forget right?
forget
forget
Forget - past participle
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forget + -ing / to
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