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Collocations for forgive - verb

ADVERB

quite
I suspect that Rodney has never quite forgiven either of them.
ever, never
Can you ever forgive me?
easily
Donna would not easily forgive Beth's silly attempt to trick her.

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VERB + forgive

be able to, be unable to, can
I couldn't forgive him.
be easy to
An insult like that isn't easy to forgive.
ask sb to, beg sb to
He fell to his knees and begged God to forgive him.
try to

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PREPOSITION

for
She never forgave him for losing her ring.

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PHRASES

forgive and forget
He was not the sort of man to forgive and forget.

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Forgive is used with these nouns as the object:
debt, manner, mistake, sin

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