Forget
Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
Quote
Quote verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Usage example: quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It makes the current character forget the story so they can do it again.Item quote: A gift from some friends from out of town.
Source: Video Game / Marvel Heroes - To quote one Pitchfork reviewer, these two albums are "75 minutes of near-perfect power-pop." Quite a few people would like to forget that their next six albums exist.
Source: Discontinuity / Music - People who quote that line tend to conveniently forget the part right after that where Paul says, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church."
Source: No Woman's Land
Cite this Source
Quote and Forget. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/quote
Forget & Quote. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/quote>.
Quote or Forget. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/quote.
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