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can't stand the sight of

can't stand the sight of verb: to hate vehemently; to really despise.

Verb

can't stand the sight of (third-person singular simple present can't stand the sight of, no present participle, simple past couldn't stand the sight of, no past participle)

  1. (idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) To hate vehemently; to really despise.
    • "I can't stand the sight of him," he would say, "and I'd be glad if somebody would come along and knock his block off—when he was not in the ring."1895 February 12, “Ring Gossip”, in Providence News, USA, retrieved 06 Jul 2011, page 6

Forms of can't stand the sight of

third-person singular presentcan't stand the sight of
pastcouldn't stand the sight of

Questions about can't stand the sight of

What does can't stand the sight of mean?
Can't stand the sight of means to hate vehemently; to really despise.
What part of speech is can't stand the sight of?
Can't stand the sight of is a verb.
What is the past tense of can't stand the sight of?
The past tense of can't stand the sight of is couldn't stand the sight of.

Words near can't stand the sight of in the dictionary

  1. can't live with them and can't live without them
  2. can't live with them, can't live without them
  3. can't park there, mate
  4. can't seem
  5. can't stand
  6. can't stand the sight of
  7. can't wait
  8. can't've
  9. can'tcha
  10. can've
  11. Can-abong

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