can't abide

Idioms  

1. see can't stand.

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Example Sentences

"Two, I think, were allowed to retire. Only one received a written warning. We can't abide by that."

From BBC • May 6, 2026

And then there are the many authors who can’t abide working in a room of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“It’s kind of that simple. He made some statements that we just can’t abide by and that’s why we ended the relationship. And I was fine with that.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2022

But what I can’t abide is that she’s credited with a record when in two of those tournament victories she didn’t have to play a completed final, a fact that is seldom noticed or mentioned.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021

So much comes into my head at night when I’m alone, or during the day when I’m obliged to put up with people I can’t abide or who invariably misinterpret my intentions.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank