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have no truck with

Idioms  

  1. Have no dealings with, as in The doctor said he wanted no truck with midwives. This term was first recorded in 1868, although truck in the sense of “dealings” dates from the early 1600s.

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In other words, I have no truck with the “suck it up” school of social criticism.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Mr Geldof says Dublin's association with Ms Suu Kyi "shames us all" and the city should have "no truck with it".

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2017

Which means Santa Claus and his elves have no truck with the Stark children.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2012

They have no fear of sounding ridiculous; your ordinary citizen's distaste for apparently absurd ideas is just an example of irrational bias, and Singularitarians have no truck with irrationality.

From Time • Feb. 10, 2011

From the start I would have no truck with this plan.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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