Phrase guide
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verb
Cannot endure or stand something any longer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Manglish, Singlish
Qualifier: generally intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Hokkien 𣍐 / 袂 /𫧃 / 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Malay tahan (“to endure; to withstand; to bear”), which in Hokkien would be 袂打限 (bōe tá-hān). The equivalent expression in Malay is tak boleh tahan.
