forgotten past

collocation in English

meaningsofforgetandpast

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forget
verb
uk
/fəˈɡet/us
/fɚˈɡet/
to be unable to remember a fact, something that happened, or how to ...
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past
noun[S]
uk
/pɑːst/us
/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition offorgetandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofforgotten past

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I am wondering where thatforgottenpasthas gone.
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It might almost be described as a strarge anomaly surviving from an almostforgottenpast.
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But the victims of those times are now beyond the pale of redress and complaining and their troubles have gone with them into a buried if not aforgottenpast.
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In their efforts to find the truth of their unwound future, they are forced to solve 168 new puzzles, and to remember aforgottenpast.
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The first personality, a bitter man who blames his failed life on the system, wants to explore hisforgottenpast.
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The two of them die together amidst laughter andforgottenpastfeuds.
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His thoughts drift to aforgottenpast.
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Several events help her overcome her troubled,forgottenpast.
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A unity of purpose pervades the whole period, recreation of a national culture based on the almostforgottenpast.
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The two rivals die together amidst laughter andforgottenpastfeuds.
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