Vocabulary Word
Word: forgo
Definition: (forego) give up; do without
Definition: (forego) give up; do without
Sentences Containing 'forgo'
I had returned to civil practice and had finally abandoned Holmes in his Baker Street rooms, although I continually visited him and occasionally even persuaded him to forgo his Bohemian habits so far as to come and visit us.
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