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sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a ten-foot pole
idiomUSinformal(alsosb will not touch someone/something with a ten-foot pole); (mainly UKinformalsb wouldn't touch something with a bargepole)
someone does not want a particular thing or person at all, or does not want to have anything at all to do with it or them:
If you're not successful, they won't touch you with a ten-foot pole.
How could she make him see she wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole?
If any attorney had asked me about the case I would have told them to stay away from that with a ten-foot pole.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
demur
disavow
gainsay
miss a chance/opportunityidiom
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
quit
resistant
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
someone wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole | American Dictionary
someone wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole
idiom
someone does not want to be involved with something in any way:
I wouldn't touch that car with a ten-foot pole – it's a gas guzzler.
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