Forget
Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Well, at least I'll never forget the number, even if I forget how to read and write.
Source: Ear Worm / Advertising -
This can also lead to Scapegoat Creator, where people forget to read the credits of a work, or don't even look at the staff.
Source: Read the Freaking Manual - Don't forget that at the time, all spelling was phonetic, and not standardised in any way — anyone who's read anything written in heavy Funetik Aksent knows it's easier if you Sound It Out.
Source: Sounding It Out
Cite this Source
Read and Forget. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/read
Forget & Read. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/read>.
Read or Forget. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forget/read.
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