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barge pole

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meanings of bargeand pole


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barge
noun[C]
uk /bɑːdʒ/ us /bɑːrdʒ/
a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying ...
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pole
noun[C]
uk /pəʊl/ us /poʊl/
a long, thin stick of wood or metal, often used standing straight up in the ground to ...
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Examples of barge pole


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After all the local denigration which has gone on about the project, who would want to touch it at this stage with a bargepole?
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At one stage, they told us that they had a 40 ft bargepole with which they would not touch the agreement.
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Such an answer would set at rest the minds of solicitors and accountants who will not touch this kind of thing with a bargepole.
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Immediately after de-requisition it was designated, and now no one will touch it with the end of a bargepole.
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I do not think they would touch it with a bargepole.
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I would not touch it with a bargepole.
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A bargepole is hardly long enough to touch this case, when one comes to examine it and understand the methods that have been, employed.
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I would not touch any of the water that comes out of the ground in my area with a bargepole.
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I said that we should not touch a referendum with a bargepole.
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He believes that we should not touch this legislation with a bargepole and should not table amendments that make bad principle slightly better.
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They would not touch nuclear power with a bargepole because of the costs and dangers.
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No private investor would touch a coal mine with a bargepole.
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We are all related, because in the persecution days we had to intermarry, for nobody else would touch us with a bargepole.
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It cannot be denied that many friendly societies would not touch with a bargepole occupations of a hazardous character.
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It is significant that the building societies will not touch system-built houses with a bargepole.
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Most catering companies will not touch these contracts with a bargepole.
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Many people would not touch the profession with a bargepole today.
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For 300 years no one would touch us with a bargepole, so we had to pull our educational system up by our own bootstraps.
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