Wouldn't Touch It With A Bargepole Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Wouldn't Touch It With A Bargepole Idiom mean?

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Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole What does Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole mean?	(UK) If you wouldn't touch something with a bargepole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In American English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole)
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Wouldn't Touch It With A Bargepole Idiom