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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): “She could not abide Master Shallow.” 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.

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I said, ‘Father, I can’t be an effective witness for you like this. I can’t travel. I can’t stand up. I can’t breathe.’

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Pitchfork's savage review of his first Coachella set pulled no punches and summed up the sentiment of those who can't stand him.

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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’t stand each other, but in practice do little to avoid each other’s company.

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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.

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Some can’t stand her for being a Black woman who candidly revealed the royal family’s racism or for being a Black woman with a series in a genre nearly exclusively dominated by white women.

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