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Meaning of wouldn't've | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
/ˈwʊd(ə)n(t)ə(v)/

Definitions

Contraction of would + not + have.

abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction

Examples

“Anyway, my Daddy said if you wasn’t such a coward, trying to haze that boy with a big bunch of others, you wouldn’t’ve got shot in the first place […]”
“[…] if there had been a man around, taking hold of things, her father’s partner wouldn’t’ve been able to get away with most of the estate the way he did…”
“I didn’t bring him here. If you wouldn’t have gone out, I wouldn’t have either. I’d have thrown him out right away. He wouldn’t’ve made it through the door.”
“2006 October, Goff Morgan, "We Wouldn't've Had To Do It" (poem).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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