Forget and Occur to

Forget

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

Occur to is an antonym for forget.

Nearby Words: forgetful, forgetting, forgetfully

Occur to

Occur to verb - To enter the mind of.
Usage example: it didn't occur to me to ask until much later

Forget is an antonym for occur to.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Series / Columbo Being The Sociopath herself, it doesn't occur to her to question whether a man's daughter would actually be willing to forget about his murder in exchange for a payoff.
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