noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not touch sth/sb (with a bargepole)
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Dole says he will not touch Medicare, and he wants to throw more money at the Pentagon.
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I reached out to feel your forehead, but you burned so hot I could not touch you with my bare hands.
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If you have a chest, head or abdominal wound, keep as quiet as possible - do not touch the wound.
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Its theory is both rigorous and self-consistent and has provided descriptions of many aspects which structural grammar did not touch upon.
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So if he got on the stand, Harvester could not touch him.
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The meter and service pipe should not touch or be close to any electrical conduit or apparatus.
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They do not touch every topic, nor every region.
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You can't hate what you can not touch , I can't even feel what most people think of as despair.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Bargepole , as you well know, is generally incapable of standing up.
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Comparatively few sophisticated clients will touch licensed dealers with a bargepole .
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I warned against it at the time, telling investors not to touch it with a bargepole .
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Now that's what I call canvassing! Bargepole I went on a freebie last week and think I am in love again.
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What is to become of you and Guttersnipe and particularly Bargepole ?