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let bygones be bygones

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by⋅gone

  [bahy-gawn, -gon]
Use let bygones be bygones in a Sentence
–adjective
1. past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
–noun
2. Usually, bygones. that which is past: Let's not talk of bygones.
—Idiom
3. let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled: Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (north) by-gane; see gone, by 1
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Cultural Dictionary

Let bygones be bygones

Let past offenses and problems stay in the past; don't let them taint the present.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

let bygones be bygones

What's done is done; don't worry about the past, especially past errors or grievances. For example, Bill and Tom shook hands and agreed to let bygones be bygones. [First half of 1600s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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