forego
fawr goh
- v be earlier in time; go back further
- v do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- v lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
- In the book 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone' Harry's fame forgoes him in the wizard school.
- Lee will not forgo his inalienable right to freedom of speech, however much the government tries to muzzle him.
- In the early twentieth century Olympic games prizes had precedent over medals and some athletes forwent prizes in favor of medals.