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- verb Simple past of
forgo .
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Examples
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And we've been really fortunate that all parties involved with the recording of that song kind of forwent their payment of royalties and now the song is actually up for a few more days.
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Villa Kennan, with a pang of disappointment at such rebuff, forwent her overtures for the moment, and listened to what tale Jacob Henderson could tell of his dog.
CHAPTER XXXIV 2010
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During the bush war in Rhodesia Mum forwent her family's Gaelic war cry and took up a personal war cry.
Michael Giltz: Book Review: Cheers for Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour... Michael Giltz 2011
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Some of them risked getting in trouble to show me a particular technique, and many of them forwent an extra hour of sleep to meet me for early morning coffee and interviews at Sant Pau.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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During the bush war in Rhodesia Mum forwent her family's Gaelic war cry and took up a personal war cry.
Michael Giltz: Book Review: Cheers for Alexandra Fuller's Cocktail Hour... Michael Giltz 2011
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(Personally, I avoid forgo in the past tense because I think both forwent and forgoed sound crummy.)
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There will be plenty more of that in St. Louis Wednesday night, but for the players, the focus late Sunday was on this championship series—and, befitting a team from America's foremost beer city, they forwent the bubbly and sprayed Budweiser in the clubhouse.
Cardinals Roll Into the World Series Matthew Futterman 2011
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But it was a vain thing, and I speedily forwent the thought of it.
Chapter 19 2010
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(Personally, I avoid forgo in the past tense because I think both forwent and forgoed sound crummy.)
Short Sale Your House! (Don’t short sell it.) « Motivated Grammar 2010
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But it was a vain thing, and I speedily forwent the thought of it.
Chapter 19 2010
madmouth commented on the word forwent
This seems, though perfectly sensible a
derivation of an old one, a new word
August 20, 2010
bilby commented on the word forwent
Forwent's a jolly good fel-low,
Forwent's a jolly good fel-low...
August 20, 2010