"not touch with a barge pole" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably derived from the barge poles that bargemen used to fend off wharfs and other boats.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion)."
      ],
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        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
        [
          "aversion",
          "aversion"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "not be caught dead"
        },
        {
          "word": "over my dead body"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "not touch something with a ten-foot pole"
        }
      ],
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        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably derived from the barge poles that bargemen used to fend off wharfs and other boats.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "not be caught dead"
    },
    {
      "word": "over my dead body"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
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        "English multiword terms",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "refuse",
          "refuse"
        ],
        [
          "associate",
          "associate"
        ],
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          "aversion",
          "aversion"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, UK) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion)."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "not touch something with a ten-foot pole"
    }
  ],
  "word": "not touch with a barge pole"
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}