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can't get enough

can't get enough verb: greatly enjoys; likes a lot.

Verb

can't get enough (third-person singular simple present can't get enough, no present participle, simple past couldn't get enough, no past participle)

  1. (idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) Greatly enjoys; likes a lot.
    • We'll need to bake more of those new chicken and mushroom pies. The customers can't get enough.
    • With so many labels, so much fashion information and incessant celebrity style hype, it seems we all can't get enough of the scene and its material trappings.2011 September 19, Jeanne Beker, “Beker: Fun, fearlessness reign at New York fashion week”, in Toronto Star

Forms of can't get enough

third-person singular presentcan't get enough
pastcouldn't get enough

Questions about can't get enough

What does can't get enough mean?
Can't get enough means greatly enjoys; likes a lot.
What part of speech is can't get enough?
Can't get enough is a verb.
What is the past tense of can't get enough?
The past tense of can't get enough is couldn't get enough.

Words near can't get enough in the dictionary

  1. can't but
  2. can't carry a tune in a bucket
  3. can't complain
  4. can't do right for doing wrong
  5. can't even
  6. can't get enough
  7. can't help
  8. can't help but
  9. can't lie
  10. can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
  11. can't live with them and can't live without them

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