barge pole

collocation in English

meaningsofbargeandpole

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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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(Definition ofbargeandpolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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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 abargepole?
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At one stage, they told us that they had a 40 ftbargepolewith 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 abargepole.
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Immediately after de-requisition it was designated, and now no one will touch it with the end of abargepole.
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I do not think they would touch it with abargepole.
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I would not touch it with abargepole.
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Abargepoleis 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 abargepole.
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I said that we should not touch a referendum with abargepole.
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He believes that we should not touch this legislation with abargepoleand should not table amendments that make bad principle slightly better.
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They would not touch nuclear power with abargepolebecause of the costs and dangers.
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No private investor would touch a coal mine with abargepole.
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We are all related, because in the persecution days we had to intermarry, for nobody else would touch us with abargepole.
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It cannot be denied that many friendly societies would not touch with abargepoleoccupations of a hazardous character.
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It is significant that the building societies will not touch system-built houses with abargepole.
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Most catering companies will not touch these contracts with abargepole.
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Many people would not touch the profession with abargepoletoday.
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For 300 years no one would touch us with abargepole, so we had to pull our educational system up by our own bootstraps.
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