forgo
IPA: fɔrgˈoʊ
verb
- To let pass, to leave alone, to let go.
- To do without, to abandon, to renounce.
- To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
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Examples of "forgo" in Sentences
- If he'd handed in essays he might have learned to spell. "forgo".
- It should be "forgo" (i.e. go without) not "forego" (i.e. go before).
- The union said Virgin Atlantic pilots have not had a pay rise since 2008 after agreeing to forgo an increase to help the company, with the expectation of a "fair" hike this year.
- In me all human knowledge dwells, the oracle of oracles, past, present, future I reveal or in oblivion's silence seal; What I can preserve can perish never, what I forgo is lost forever.
- If they had to choose between being a big, rich world power as against retaining the cultural essence of Japan, they would rather be Switzerland and forgo the role of player in world affairs.
- And yet the press reports that Vikram Pandit and Win Bischoff will "forgo" their bonuses this year, while Pandit himself tells Citi employees that Bob Rubin "has elected to take no bonus" for 2008.
- The survey of 2,000 people found that 28% of middle Britons – by age and by wealth – throughout the UK will forgo a holiday altogether, while this figure rose to 38% of those questioned in the south-east.
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