verb
- Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.
- usage: "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
- synonyms: bury
- Be unable to remember.
- usage: "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife"
- synonyms: block, blank out, draw a blank
- Forget to do something.
- usage: "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting"
- Leave behind unintentionally.
- usage: "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
- synonyms: leave
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