can't stand the sight of

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can't stand the sight of

verb can't stand the sight of · couldn't stand the sight of

  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."

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@misc{can_t_stand_the_sight_of_2026,
  title = {can't stand the sight of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/can't%20stand%20the%20sight%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}