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Word entry · 5 letters

forgo

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"Do without"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fɔːˈɡəʊ/Part of speech verbSorted fgoorStarts with FEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime

Word origin

From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.

Used in a sentence

  • I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.
  • Doe not for one repulſe forgoe the purpoſe / That you resolu'd t' effect.
  • But, what afflicts my peace with keenest ruth, / Is, that I have my inner self abused, / Forgone the home delight of constant truth, / And clear and open soul, so prized in fearless youth.

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