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could not away with

could not away with is the simple past of cannot away with.

Meaning of cannot away with

Verb

cannot away with (third-person singular simple present cannot away with, no present participle, simple past could not away with, no past participle)

  1. (no-past-participle, no-present-participle, obsolete) Cannot stand or endure; cannot bear.

Questions about could not away with

What is could not away with the simple past of?
Could not away with is the simple past of cannot away with.

Words near could not away with in the dictionary

  1. could have sworn
  2. could have, would have, should have
  3. could hear a pin drop
  4. could I get the bill
  5. could I see the menu, please
  6. could not away with
  7. could not care less
  8. could not get elected dogcatcher
  9. could not have cared less
  10. could not help
  11. could not help but

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Adapted from Wiktionary: could not away with (page history and authors); cannot away with (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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