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bygone
[ bahy-gawn, -gon ]
adjective
- past; gone by; earlier; former:
The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
noun
- Usually bygones. that which is past:
Let's not talk of bygones.
bygone
/ 藞产补瑟藢伞蓲苍 /
adjective
- usually prenominal past; former
noun
- often plural a past occurrence
- often plural an artefact, implement, etc, of former domestic or industrial use, now often collected for interest
- let bygones be bygonesto agree to forget past quarrels
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- let bygones be bygones, to decide to forget past disagreements; become reconciled:
Let's let bygones be bygones and be friends again.
Example Sentences
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.
But hearing veteran writers mourn their lost jobs and L.A.鈥檚 bygone glory led Gerard to question his own bid for success.
He noted his research revealed a lot about his ancestors who he had dismissed as "prejudiced Victorians from a bygone era".
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.
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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