bygones

Idioms and Phrases

see let bygones be bygones .

Example Sentences

That 36 in Adelaide and 78 in Leeds serve to highlight the temperament of players who can let bygones be bygones and remember only the good times.

From BBC

And it’s a real shame that he won’t let bygones be bygones and get behind Trump, his president, because Trump will always be out there fighting for Mike Pence.

From Slate

There was a moment in his campaign, prior to the current meltdown sparked by the emergence of a real opponent, when Trump was letting bygones be bygones with former Republican enemies.

From Slate

But people close to both men are working behind the scenes to make bygones of the enmity between them and to pave the way for a critical endorsement of the former president by the one Republican congressional leader who has yet to offer one, according to three people familiar with the conversations who were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

From New York Times

As for her Senate bid, voters should consider what kind of person smears a war hero and deeply revered figure like McCain, insults his widow and then insists, when it’s politically expedient, that it was all a lark and bygones should be bygones.

From Los Angeles Times