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can't help it

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(I) can't help it.
There is nothing I can do to help the situation.; That is the way it is.; There is nothing I can do. (Often in answer to a criticism.) Mary: Your hair is a mess. Sue: It's windy. I can't help it. Fred: I wish you'd quit coughing all the time. Sally: I can't help it. I wish I could too.
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My morn says I'm too negative, but I can't help it.
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I can't help it to a degree, but I'm trying not to completely succumb.
 
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