Both Uses of
forgo
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
- We shall live from day to day, and put more locks on the doors, and get a fine fierce dog when the fine fierce bitch next door has pups, and hold on to our handbags more tenaciously; and the beauty of the trees by night, and the raptures of lovers under the stars, these things we shall forego.†
Chpt 1.12
- We shall forego the coming home drunken through the midnight streets, and the evening walk over the star-lit veld.†
Chpt 1.12 *
Definition:
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(forgo as in: forgo the benefit) do without