"could not help" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} could not help
  1. simple past of cannot help Tags: form-of, past Form of: cannot help
    Sense id: en-could_not_help-en-verb-QFqlyvNO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for could not help meaning in English (0.6kB)

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