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Collocations for forget - verb

ADVERB

completely, quite (esp. BrE), totally
I completely forgot you were coming today.
clean (old-fashioned,informal)
I clean forgot to give your brother the message.
almost, nearly
never
I'll never forget the expression on his face.
quickly, soon
instantly, promptly
‘I will,’ she promised, and promptly forgot about it.
momentarily, temporarily
Her joy was so infectious that he momentarily forgot his own fears for the future.
easily
The experience of nearly getting killed is not easily forgotten.
conveniently (ironic)
He conveniently forgot to tell me he was married.

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VERB + forget

seem to
You seem to forget that it was your idea in the first place.
tend to
want to
try to
be easy to
It is easy to forget that not all countries have these advantages.
let sb
Let's forget last night, shall we?
make sb

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PREPOSITION

about
Oh yes! I almost forgot about the party.

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PHRASES

forget all about sth
In the excitement I forgot all about my little brother.
keep forgetting
She keeps forgetting where she's put her glasses.
largely forgotten
His pioneering work in the field was largely forgotten until the late 1940s.

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Forget is used with these nouns as the object:
appointment, birthday, episode, existence, fact, importance, incident, lesson, line, manner, misery, name, pain, past, place, problem, root, shyness, trouble, worry

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