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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

can't stand the sight of en · VERB

Meanings

  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
can't stand the sight of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
couldn't stand the sight of Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

not touch with a ten-foot pole

Translations (2)

fr ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture (Translations) · es no poder ver ni en pintura (Translations)