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can't stand
Idioms and Phrases
Also, can't abide or bear or stomach . Thoroughly dislike; be unable to put up with something or someone. For example, I can't stand the sight of her; she's obnoxious , or I can't bear to leave the country , or I can't stomach a filthy kitchen . The oldest of these synonymous expressions is can't abide , which Shakespeare used in 2 Henry IV (3:2): 鈥淪he could not abide Master Shallow.鈥 Can't stand dates from the early 1600; can't bear dates from about 1700 and often but not always is used with an infinitive; can't stomach dates from the late 1600s and today is less common than the others.Example Sentences
I said, 鈥楩ather, I can鈥檛 be an effective witness for you like this. I can鈥檛 travel. I can鈥檛 stand up. I can鈥檛 breathe.鈥
Pitchfork's savage review of his first Coachella set pulled no punches and summed up the sentiment of those who can't stand him.
Kari Lake getting in a fight with Ruben Gallego is an amusing tabloid story that hits a real nerve: DC is full of people who only pretend they can鈥檛 stand each other, but in practice do little to avoid each other鈥檚 company.
One of the funnier phenomena online in recent weeks is how the Reddit forum for Joe Rogan fans has turned on the podcaster, mostly because they can't stand how he's cozied up to Musk.
Some can鈥檛 stand her for being a Black woman who candidly revealed the royal family鈥檚 racism or for being a Black woman with a series in a genre nearly exclusively dominated by white women.
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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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