let bygones be bygones

let bygones be bygones  {v. phr.}
To let the past be forgotten.
After a long, angry quarrel the two boys agreed to let bygones be bygones and made friends again.
We should let bygones be bygones and try to get along with each other.
Syn.: FORGIVE AND FORGET.
Compare: BURY THE HATCHET, LIVE AND LET LIVE.
Categories: {v. phr.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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