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can't help
Idioms and Phrases
Also, can't help but or cannot but . Be unable to do otherwise. For example, I can't help thinking that the keys will turn up eventually , or He couldn't help but believe he would pass the entrance exam , or I cannot but applaud his efforts . The first of these phrases, can't help , is always followed by a present participle whereas the others take an infinitive. [c. 1700]Example Sentences
She and Luthen also share a ruthless devotion to pragmatism, although he applies that to the worthiness of strangers鈥 lives, whereas the good senator can鈥檛 help but sell out her loved ones.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 help but see a corollary to how Trump thought it was so important during his first administration to keep meat fully stocked in grocery stores,鈥 she said.
But the dispute can鈥檛 help but hobble Boeing鈥檚 efforts to compete with the European consortium Airbus, which already has a leg up over Boeing in the China market.
"Just weirdly and oddly, I can't help but think about Maria all this time. I can't help but feel for her," said Williams.
As a lifelong grifter, he can't help but keep returning to the site of a successful shakedown, and will drain a victim dry, as long as they keep complying.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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