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couldn't

[ kood-nt ]

  1. contraction of could not.


couldn't

/ ˈʊəԳ /

contraction of

  1. could not
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Idioms and Phrases

  • hurt a flea, couldn't
  • can't
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Example Sentences

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The only batter he couldn’t fool was left-handed Kyle Stowers, who crushed a two-run homer in the fourth, a run-scoring double in the sixth and a single.

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The Marlins scored four in the ninth against Gómez but it couldn’t take away from the optimism the Dodgers took with them on their flight to Atlanta.

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“At first I couldn’t believe Joe sees that in me,” says Berger, “but then I realized I gotta trust this guy. He knows what he’s talking about.”

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At least one student lost her job when her employer couldn’t reach her, a student journalist with the Daily Bruin said it made reporting for the newspaper difficult, and one student missed a shift at an internship.

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If there is any lingering resentment toward Churchill Downs from Baffert, you couldn’t tell it from his comments.

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