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can't stand the sight of (third-person singular simple present can't stand the sight of, no present participle, simple past couldn't stand the sight of, no past participle)
- (idiomatic) To hate vehemently; to really despise.
1895 February 12, “Ring Gossip”, in Providence News, USA, retrieved 6 July 2011, page 6:"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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