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not able to stomach
(redirected from cannot stomach)

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not able to stomach someone or something and cannot stomach someone or something
Fig. not to be able to put up with someone or something; not to be able to tolerate or endure someone or something. Jane cannot stomach violent movies. The sensitive student could not stomach a lot of ridicule.
See also: able, stomach


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The success of freedom in Iraq and the prosperity and stability that would come as a consequence are developments the Democrats who run Congress cannot stomach.
The United States claims it also has provoked a backlash against Hezbollah among many Lebanese who cannot stomach the group's use of force against fellow Lebanese.
Critics say Harper should give the treaty a fair chance of being defeated by allowing a free vote among those "who cannot stomach the chronic and unproductive double standard" vis-a-vis native rights as opposed to those of the rest of the population (National Post, Feb.
 
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