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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-gawn, -gon
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn



Definition of bygones

Origin :
  • "things that are past," especially offenses, 1560s, from plural of noun use of bygone (q.v.).
  • As in yesterday : noun the day before today
  • As in water under the bridge : noun things forgotten about
  • As in curio : noun knickknack
  • As in curiosity : noun odd item
  • As in antique : noun old object, often of great value
Example sentences :
  • He gave me a great deal of trouble—but there, let bygones be bygones!
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • But, considerin' that I got this horn from Mr. Bangs, I'm willin' to let bygones be past.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Who can sympathize with bygones when he is counting the minutes that are to make him one of them?
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • I don't talk of these things; they are bygones, and I 'd as soon forget them.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • And under the circumstances we are quite willing to let bygones be bygones.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • But on the other side of the bridge we let bygones be bygones.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 » by Various
  • And let none ever name the matter afore her again; let bygones be bygones.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • These excellent Athenians were resolved that bygones should be bygones.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein
  • "We will let bygones be bygones, Terence," he said, as he shook hands with him.
  • Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
  • "We'll let bygones be bygones," answered Nat, and then he shook hands with his uncle.
  • Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.

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