forgo

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• UK: /fɔːˈɡəʊ/
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• General-American: /fɔɹˈɡoʊ/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO0 R G OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forgon (“to go by, pass up”), from Old English forgān (“to go away, forgo”); equivalent to for- + go.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отказвам се (otkazvam se) — to let pass
• Bulgarian: изоставям (izostavjam) — to let pass
• Danish: forgå — to let pass
• Dutch: laten voorbijgaan — to let pass
• Dutch: passen — to let pass
• Finnish: päästää — to let pass
• Finnish: antaa mennä — to let pass
• Finnish: jättää rauhaan — to let pass
• German: auslassen — to let pass
• German: unterlassen — to let pass
• Occitan: renonciar — to let pass
• Occitan: daissar — to let pass
• Polish: rezygnować — to let pass
• Polish: zrezygnować — to let pass
• Portuguese: privar-se de — to let pass
• Slovene: odpovedati se čemu — to let pass
• Spanish: pasar por alto — to let pass
• Spanish: dejar pasar — to let pass
• Swedish: förgå — to let pass
• Bulgarian: минавам без (minavam bez) — to do without
• Bulgarian: пропу́скам (propúskam) — to do without
• Bulgarian: пропу́сна (propúsna) — to do without
• Danish: undvære — to do without
• Dutch: het zonder doen — to do without
• Dutch: zich onthouden van — to do without
• Finnish: luopua — to do without
• Finnish: olla ilman — to do without
• Finnish: pidättäytyä — to do without
• French: se passer de — to do without
• French: renoncer à — to do without
• German: verzichten — to do without
• German: entsagen — to do without
• Māori: whakamahue — to do without
• Māori: whakakore — to do without
• Māori: whakarere — to do without
• Māori: waiho — to do without
• Occitan: abandonar — to do without
• Occitan: deissar — to do without
• Occitan: renonciar — to do without
• Polish: obywać się bez — to do without
• Polish: obyć się bez — to do without
• Russian: отка́зываться (otkázyvatʹsja) — to do without
• Russian: возде́рживаться (vozdérživatʹsja) — to do without
• Spanish: dejar de lado — to do without
• Spanish: renunciar a — to do without
• Swedish: avstå från — to do without