forget (one's) manners
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To act in a rude, impolite, or otherwise inappropriate way. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to reach across the table like that—I must have forgotten my manners for a minute there. How could you say something like that to me? Have you forgotten your manners? I'm sorry, I've forgotten my manners—let me introduce the two of you.
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forget one's manners
to do something ill-mannered. Jimmy! Have we forgotten our manners?
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