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Forgo

//fɔɹˈɡoʊ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To do without (something enjoyable); to relinquish. transitive

    "I've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job."

  2. 2
    lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime wordnet
  3. 3
    To refrain from, to abstain from. literary, transitive

    "I shall forgo actually stepping inside, thank you."

  4. 4
    do without or cease to hold or adhere to wordnet
  5. 5
    be earlier in time; go back further wordnet

Etymology

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

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