can it

idiom

US, informal
: to stop talking : to shut up
I wish you'd just can it!

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Nor can it be ruled out that China, while normally cautious, might instead act decisively against Taiwan at a point of crisis for Kyiv, since the West would likely be more distracted. Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Or more to the point, can it be fixed at all? Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025 If a place isn’t on Google Maps, can it really be said to exist? Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 Nor can it be achieved via random mix-and-matching. Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for can it

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“Can it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/can%20it. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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