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canned it

canned it is the simple past and past participle of can it.

Meaning of can it

Verb

can it (third-person singular simple present cans it, present participle canning it, simple past and past participle canned it)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative) To shut up, to be quiet; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.
    • Can it, you two! I'm trying to work.

Questions about canned it

What is canned it the simple past and past participle of?
Canned it is the simple past and past participle of can it.

Words near canned it in the dictionary

  1. canned heat
  2. canned hunt
  3. canned hunting
  4. canned huntings
  5. canned hunts
  6. canned it
  7. canned laughter
  8. canned ration
  9. canned rations
  10. canned response
  11. canned responses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canned it (page history and authors); can it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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