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The phrase "actually forgot it" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that you genuinely did not remember something, often in a casual or conversational context.
Example: "I was supposed to bring the report to the meeting, but I actually forgot it at home."
Alternatives: "totally forgot it" or "completely forgot it."
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"I actually forgot it until you just said it," Jamal Crawford said, sounding not entirely convincing.
"It was so much fun, I actually forgot it was a celebration of my birthday and I forgot I was 70," Mr. Amram said later.
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Quick, if you haven't seen 300 yet, look away now because … oh, actually forget it.
This week's Exhibit A is a Daily Mail article headlined "Why are today's young women so unashamed about being fat?" It's such a blatant and – yes! – unashamed example of the form that its author, Linda Kelsey, deserves to be quoted at length: Un-PC of me as it may be... Actually, forget it.
(Actually forget it. They'll tell you anyway).
Actually, forget it; I'm right, but the truth of it is at once exhaustingly urgent and boring.
But at Halloran I never had a chance to be lonely and there were times I actually forgot I was in a hospital".
I actually forgot I had them and then realized they were really great.
(To be fair, I actually forgot I had them after a while).
It's like I actually forget I'm wearing underwear".
"I actually forget I'm famous all the time.
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