want no truck with

want no truck with
have/want/no truck with formal phrase
to be unwilling to accept someone or something or to be involved with them

They have no truck with the idea of social equality.

Thesaurus: unwillingness and to be unwillingsynonym
Main entry: truck

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • want no truck with something — have/want no truck with sb/sth idiom (BrE) to refuse to deal with sb; to refuse to accept or consider sth • We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations. Main entry: ↑truckidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have/hold/want no truck with — to refuse to be involved with (someone or something) I ll have no truck with such nonsense. • • • Main Entry: ↑truck …   Useful english dictionary

  • have (or want) no truck with — avoid or wish to avoid dealings or association with. → truck …   English new terms dictionary

  • have no truck with — (informal) To have nothing to do with • • • Main Entry: ↑truck * * * have/want/no truck with formal phrase to be unwilling to accept someone or something or to be involved with them They have no truck …   Useful english dictionary

  • have no truck with somebody — have/want no truck with sb/sth idiom (BrE) to refuse to deal with sb; to refuse to accept or consider sth • We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations. Main entry: ↑truckidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • have no truck with something — have/want no truck with sb/sth idiom (BrE) to refuse to deal with sb; to refuse to accept or consider sth • We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations. Main entry: ↑truckidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • truck — truck1 [ trʌk ] noun count *** 1. ) a large road vehicle used for carrying goods: hundreds of sheep packed into cattle trucks a ten ton truck a truck driver 2. ) a piece of equipment used for moving heavy objects, consisting of a board or frame… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • truck — I UK [trʌk] / US noun [countable] Word forms truck : singular truck plural trucks ** 1) a large road vehicle used for carrying goods hundreds of sheep packed into trucks a ten ton truck a truck driver 2) British a railway vehicle used for… …   English dictionary

  • truck — truck1 W3S3 [trʌk] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: truck small wheel (17 21 centuries), probably from Latin trochus circular iron band , from Greek trochos wheel ] [Sense: 4; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: truck exchange, barter, communication …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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