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  • noun plural things that happened in the past

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Examples

  • And the old man and his daughter and the porter were most awfully decent to us, and the porter's wife said, Lor! let bygones be bygones is what I say!

    New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925

  • The memories of his early youth and the bright days of his boyhood came back to him as the only antidote to the distress and disappointments of his age, and he strove to forget everything in "bygones" -- "Præterita."

    The Life of John Ruskin 1893

  • Still, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, which is why I want to invite Bill and Hillary, as well as Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, to my younger daughter's wedding next year.

    Jerry Zezima: The Wedding Planner 2010

  • Still, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, which is why I want to invite Bill and Hillary, as well as Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, to my younger daughter's wedding next year.

    Jerry Zezima: The Wedding Planner 2010

  • Still, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, which is why I want to invite Bill and Hillary, as well as Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, to my younger daughter's wedding next year.

    Jerry Zezima: The Wedding Planner 2010

  • Still, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, which is why I want to invite Bill and Hillary, as well as Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, to my younger daughter's wedding next year.

    Jerry Zezima: The Wedding Planner 2010

  • Still, I am willing to let bygones be bygones, which is why I want to invite Bill and Hillary, as well as Chelsea and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, to my younger daughter's wedding next year.

    Jerry Zezima: The Wedding Planner Jerry Zezima 2010

  • But who can recall bygones, Arthur; or wrong steps in life?

    The Newcomes 2006

  • See House itself an old clergyman approached him with outstretched hand and the words, "I would like you to call bygones just bygones."

    The Moccasin Maker E. Pauline Johnson 1887

  • But who can recall bygones, Arthur; or wrong steps in life?

    The Newcomes William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

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