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no can do

no can do interjection: i cannot do it.

Interjection

  1. (informal) I cannot do it.
    • But I can't go for that, no no / No can do1981, “I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)”, in Private Eyes, performed by Hall & Oates
    • Tony Stark: If Thanos needs all six, why don't we just stick this one down a garbage disposal?
      Doctor Strange: No can do.
      Wong: We swore an oath to protect the Time Stone with our lives.2018, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Avengers: Infinity War
    Antonyms:
    can do

Antonyms of no can do

Origin of no can do

From Chinese Pidgin English, calquing Chinese 不能做 (bùnéng zuò, “cannot do”).

Questions about no can do

What does no can do mean?
No can do means i cannot do it.
What part of speech is no can do?
No can do is an interjection.

Words near no can do in the dictionary

  1. no brainers
  2. no brown in town
  3. no bucks, no Buck Rogers
  4. no bueno
  5. no buts
  6. no can do
  7. no cap
  8. no chance
  9. no changer
  10. no changers
  11. no chill

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