Forget
Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
Usage example: I forget exactly on which street that the house is
Mind
Mind verb - To take charge of especially on behalf of another.
Usage example: the salesperson will mind the store while the manager goes out to lunch
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Kirk expresses the desire to forget the love interest of the episode when things end badly, but Kirk is asleep when Spock mind melds with Kirk to make him forget.
Source: Mind Rape / Live-Action TV -
In the A Certain Magical Index fic Clash of the unlikely lovers, Fiamma of the Right ends up using the mind trick to get Vento of the Front to forget something embarrassing he said.
Source: Jedi Mind Trick -
And let's not forget the spell that was supposed to erase two people's recent painful memories and mind-wiped the whole group instead.
Source: Magic Misfire
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