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couldn't stand the sight of

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

Meaning of can't stand the sight of

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

Questions about couldn't stand the sight of

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

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

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

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