Forgo


[fawr-goh] /fɔrˈgoʊ/

verb (used with object), forwent, forgone, forgoing.
1.
to abstain or refrain from; do without.
2.
to give up, renounce, or resign.
3.
Archaic. to neglect or overlook.
4.
Archaic. to quit or leave.
5.
Obsolete. to go or pass by.
/fɔːˈɡəʊ/
verb (transitive) -goes, -going, -went, -gone
1.
to give up or do without
2.
(archaic) to leave
v.

“to relinquish,” Old English forgan “go away, pass over, leave undone,” from for- “away” + gan “go” (see go). Related: Forgoing; forgone.

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