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couldn't stand

couldn't stand is the simple past of can't stand.

Meaning of can't stand

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle) cannot put up with
    • I can’t stand people who smoke in public places.

Questions about couldn't stand

What is couldn't stand the simple past of?
Couldn't stand is the simple past of can't stand.

Words near couldn't stand in the dictionary

  1. couldn't piss a hole in the snow
  2. couldn't pour water out of a boot
  3. couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel
  4. couldn't run a bath
  5. couldn't seem
  6. couldn't stand
  7. couldn't stand the sight of
  8. couldn't stop a pig in a passage
  9. couldn't wait
  10. couldn't've
  11. couldn't-care-less

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Adapted from Wiktionary: couldn't stand (page history and authors); can't stand (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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