(I) can't say (as) I have.

(I) can't say (as) I have.
(I) can't say that I have. & (I) can't say's I have. & (I) can't say (as) I have.
Fig. a vague response to a question about whether one has ever done something or been somewhere. (A polite way of saying no.) •

Bill: Have you ever been to a real opera? Bob: I can't say as I have.

Mary: Well, have you thought about going with me to Fairbanks? Fred: I can't say I have, actually.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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