Bury and Forget

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Bury

Bury verb - Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.
Usage example: I tried to bury these unpleasant memories
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Forget is a synonym for bury. In some cases you can use "Forget" instead a verb "Bury".
Nearby Words: buried, burying

Forget

Forget verb - Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering.
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Bury is a synonym for forget. You can use "Bury" instead a verb "Forget".
Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully

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Common collocations

love bury love forget love
person bury person forget person
friend bury friend forget friend
man bury man forget man
Other words: guy, people, name, time, way, face, world, story, past, friends, memories.

Both words in one sentence

  • You ask me to forget... Why, my ancestors would rise from their graves... and I'd only have to bury them again... A Firefly never forgets.
    Source: Rejected Apology
  • Used humorously in Gintama - the Yorozuya and Shinsengumi team up to capture a panty-thief, bury landmines around the bait... and promptly forget where the mines are set.
    Source: Land Mine Goes "Click!"
  • The memory he dwells the longest on is his first kiss, but this only serves to yank him back into the real world when he writes about it and adds, "It is an evening I will remember all my life."I closed my eyes, and I put my hands over them, and I tried to forget, to bury the present in the past.
    Source: Literature / The Last Day of a Condemned Man
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