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bygone

[ bahy-gawn, -gon ]

adjective

  1. past; gone by; earlier; former:

    The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.



noun

  1. Usually bygones. that which is past:

    Let's not talk of bygones.

bygone

/ 藞产补瑟藢伞蓲苍 /

adjective

  1. usually prenominal past; former
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a past occurrence
  2. often plural an artefact, implement, etc, of former domestic or industrial use, now often collected for interest
  3. let bygones be bygones
    to agree to forget past quarrels
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bygone1

1375鈥1425; late Middle English (north) by-gane; gone, by
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled:

    Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again.

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Example Sentences

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Those are images from a mercifully bygone age, but they feed into what it is to be a Lion today, the privilege of being part of something with such a profound past.

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But hearing veteran writers mourn their lost jobs and L.A.鈥檚 bygone glory led Gerard to question his own bid for success.

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He noted his research revealed a lot about his ancestors who he had dismissed as "prejudiced Victorians from a bygone era".

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But they are reminders of an earlier time, when it was important to keep coins 鈥 another relic of a bygone era 鈥 in your pocket.

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The Clinton-era law, which in the current climate is beginning to feel like a relic of a bygone time, was up for renewal later this year.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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