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you can't make this up

you can't make this up is the alternative form of you can't make this stuff up.

Meaning of you can't make this stuff up

Phrase

you can't make this stuff up

  1. (often) The reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.
    • I can't believe it. Elena is my sister's husband's brother's daughter, and her mother is my boyfriend's deceased wife. You... you can't make this stuff up.2011, “Daddy Issues”, in The Vampire Diaries, spoken by Jenna Sommers (Sara Canning)

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You can't make this up is the alternative form of you can't make this stuff up.

Words near you can't make this up in the dictionary

  1. you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em
  2. you can't live with them, you can't live without them
  3. you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
  4. you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
  5. you can't make this stuff up
  6. you can't make this up
  7. you can't outrun your fork
  8. you can't polish a turd
  9. you can't polish shit
  10. you can't pour from an empty cup
  11. you can't put a wise head on young shoulders

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