can't hack it
Example Sentences
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It was evidence that at 75, John, who has two young kids, isn’t hanging up his touring boots because he can’t hack it anymore.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Go back to playing blues, because the sitar, you can’t hack it, I beg you, sir, to quit the raga-muffin’.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
He seems as astonished as we are to realize he can’t hack it as the husband of a prime minister who is never home and can’t take the kids to school.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2021
It wasn’t like they were like, oh I can’t hack it at work so therefore I’m not going to push myself.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2018
You're becoming this new person and oh man, what if that new person just can't hack it?
From The Verge ● Sep. 19, 2015
