put behind one
English
Alternative forms
- put behind oneself
Verb
put behind one (third-person singular simple present puts behind one, present participle putting behind one, simple past and past participle put behind one)
- (transitive) To try to forget (a past negative experience).
Translations
try to forget a negative experience
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Further reading
- “put (something) behind (oneself)”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “put something behind someone” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.