"can't stand" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-can't stand.ogg [Australia] Forms: can't stand [present, singular, third-person], couldn't stand [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|can't<can't,-,couldn't,-> stand}} can't stand (third-person singular simple present can't stand, no present participle, simple past couldn't stand, no past participle)
  1. (idiomatic) cannot put up with Tags: idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Derived forms: can't stand the sight of

Download JSON data for can't stand meaning in English (1.8kB)

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