Borrow and Forget

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Borrow verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).

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Forget and borrow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forget" instead a verb "Borrow".

Nearby Words: borrowing, borrower

Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.

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Borrow and forget are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Borrow" instead a verb "Forget".

idea	borrow idea	forget idea
name	borrow name	forget name
number	borrow number	forget number
line	borrow line	forget line
Other words: time, characters, game, words, names, lines, skills.

In "That Which Cannot Be Unseen", Team Monster witness Coverton in his chrysalis state and are so disgusted that they borrow Sqweep's mind wiper to make them forget.

Source: Western Animation / Monsters vs. Aliens (2013)
As mentioned above, Lovejoy's modus operandi in the books is to visit a neighbor's wife, sleep with her, borrow her car and whatever cash she has on hand, and then forget about her as he goes off to pursue his antiques schemes.

Source: Series / Lovejoy
In the Stanley episode, "Honest Ostrich", Stanley feels he let Marci down when he can't find a soccer ball she let him borrow for a big game, and he wishes that he could hide his head in the sand like an ostrich and forget the whole day.

Source: Ostrich Head Hiding

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