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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absolutely could not" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize a strong inability or refusal to do something.
Example: "I absolutely could not attend the meeting due to a prior commitment."
Alternatives: "definitely could not" or "certainly could not".
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"You absolutely could not".
The Celtics were never in a game they absolutely could not afford to lose.
"He told me, horrified, that I absolutely could not drink it in class," she remembers.
Ellen: "Absolutely could not be partnered with someone who was on the other side politically in this country".
"I absolutely could not have done it without the support of my professors and teachers, my advisers, my athletic coaches, my friends and family and Stanford University.
"We had 30 critics, agents and others coming that night, so we absolutely could not cancel," recalled Josie Rourke, the Bush's artistic director.
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He described the penalty as "an absolute joke" and said that Oliver "absolutely couldn't wait to give it".
"Which I absolutely couldn't.
I absolutely couldn't give that commitment.
"After the Fountain of Youth, I absolutely couldn't believe what I was seeing".
" 'You've got to go, you know you want to do that.' 'You're crazy, you won't even live through it.' I absolutely couldn't not do it".
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