unlearnverb [ T ]
uk/ʌnˈlɜːn/us/ʌnˈlɝːn/to make an effort to forget your usual way of doing something so that you can learn a new and sometimes better way:
I had to unlearn the way I played guitar when I started taking formal lessons.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blank sth out
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- go in one ear and out the other idiom
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip sb's memory/mind idiom
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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