| What you wish you could do to a disturbing sight |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Aug 2025 |
| "Eww, I wish I could ___ that" |
Universal |
19 Jul 2025 |
| What you can't do to something disgusting you just witnessed |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jul 2025 |
| "I wish I could ___ that!" |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2025 |
| "I can't __ that!" |
Commuter |
06 Jun 2025 |
| "I can't ____ that!" |
The Telegraph Mini |
01 Jun 2025 |
| "TMI! I can't ___ that!" |
LA Times Mini |
17 May 2025 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" ("Nasty!") |
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| "I wish I could ___ that!" (response to a cringeworthy video) |
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| Wipe from one's visual memory, so to speak |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Erase, as a visual memory |
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| Forget about, so to speak |
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| Manage to forget part of fiancee's number, upsettingly |
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| "Ugh, I'll never be able to __ that!" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2024 |
| Erase from one's memory, in slang |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2024 |
| Wipe from memory, as an unpleasant image |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2024 |
| "If only I could __ that" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2024 |
| "I can't ___ that!" (response to being told that Colonel Sanders's bow tie looks like a stick figure's body) |
New York Times Mini |
06 Aug 2024 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" ("Ew!") |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2024 |
| "Ew, can't __ that!" |
Commuter |
19 Jul 2024 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2024 |
| "I wish I could ___ that!": "My eyes!" |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2024 |
| Erase from memory, jokingly |
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| Forget, as an unpleasant sight |
Universal |
18 Apr 2024 |
| "I can't ___ that!" (response to a gross image) |
Universal |
05 Apr 2024 |
| My eyes! I can't ___ that! |
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| Ugh! I can't ___ that! (5) |
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| Wipe from the memory, jocularly |
New York Times |
12 Dec 2023 |
| "I can't ___ that!" |
USA Today |
04 Dec 2023 |
| "I can't ___ that!" (reaction to a cringeworthy photo) |
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| "Ew, I wish I could ___ that!" |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2023 |
| "Ew, I'm never gonna ___ that!" |
USA Today |
15 Oct 2023 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" |
Universal |
17 Jul 2023 |
| 'Ugh, I wish I could ___ that!' |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2023 |
| 'I can't ___ that!' (lament after encountering a disturbing image) |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2023 |
| Erase a visual memory, say |
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| Forget, as a repulsive image |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2023 |
| "I wish I could __ that!": "So gross!" |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2023 |
| What you may wish you could do to something disgusting |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2023 |
| "Ugh, I'll never be able to __ that!" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2023 |
| 'Eww, I wish I could ___ that' |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2022 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" ("Ick") |
Universal |
02 Dec 2022 |
| "Eww, I can't ___ that!" |
Universal |
18 Aug 2022 |
| 'I wish I could ___ that' |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2022 |
| "Erase," as a gross image |
Universal |
26 Jun 2021 |
| 'I wish I could ___ that' ('Ick') |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2021 |
| 'I wish I could ___ that' ('Gross') |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Wipe from one's memory |
Newsday |
17 Sep 2020 |
| "I wish I could ___ that" |
Universal |
31 Aug 2020 |
| "I cannot ___ the things that I saw that night" (erase memory, informally) |
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| 'I wish I could ___ that' |
USA Today |
08 Dec 2019 |
| Erase a visual memory, say |
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| Forget a vision |
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| Turn away from |
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| Fail to notice |
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| Fail to espy |
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| Fail to spot |
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| Fail to see. |
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