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never mind
Don't worry about something, don't trouble yourself, it doesn't matter. For example, Never mind what I said, it wasn't important , or Never mind, you can always take the driver's test again . This expression employs mind in the sense of “care about something,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.
Also, never you mind . Don't concern yourself with that, it's none of your business, as in Never you mind where I plan to buy the new TV . [Early 1800s]
Example Sentences
Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it is, can both evoke the sublime.
Holding a defendant — never mind a government official — in criminal contempt is rare.
"I don't know anyone else my age that is married... never mind married and widowed."
Never mind all that – look up, America!
"I wasn't even in the country, never mind I wasn't even in the health club when she had the attack," he said.
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