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- can't help but do
can't help but do
can't help but do something
[to be] unable to choose any but one course of action. (Also with cannot.) Her parents live nearby, so she can't help but go there on holidays. Bob is a tennis fan and can't help but travel to Wimbledon each year.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Lluc | | - | Catalan |
Flannery | | FLAN-ə-ree | English (Rare) |
Jenny | | ['dʒeni] | |
Sanaz | | - | Persian |
Iohel | | - | Biblical Latin |
Sonam | | - | Tibetan, Bhutanese, Indian, Hindi, Marathi |