bargepole
Britishnoun
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a long pole used to propel a barge
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informal to refuse to have anything to do with
Example Sentences
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"You, and your minions, wouldn't recognize civilization even if it hit you with a bargepole."
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2021
Auctioneer James Thompson said some people "wouldn't touch anything Nazi with a bargepole", but others believe the book should be preserved, despite Hitler's appalling reign.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2017
The type of thing the studios won’t touch with a bargepole, in other words.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Except often these days, studios will touch these movies with a bargepole – as Universal did with By the Sea.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
But the use of long-lens pictures is "an indefensible invasion of privacy", Elsewhere, the Sun uses an editorial to explain why the newspaper "won't touch the photos with a bargepole".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2012
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