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not have a bar of something
idiominformalAustralian English
to refuse to accept or have anything to do with something:
Karen called her mother and asked her to come and stay, but Mum wouldn't have a bar of it.
She wants reform but voters are not having a bar of it.
The baby would fall asleep on me but wouldn't have a bar of the bassinet.
One of my sons is doing very well at karate but my other one is not having a bar of it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
quit
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
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