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Definition of ten foot pole in English English dictionary
- See not touch something with a ten foot pole
- not touch something with a ten foot pole
- To be unable (perhaps figuratively) to approach something or someone
the stock's gone up from nothin' out o' sight. You couldn't tech that stock with a ten-foot pole!.
- not touch something with a ten foot pole
- To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion
Serious actors of the world wouldn't touch the part with a ten-foot pole.
- not to touch something with a ten-foot pole
- (deyim) Consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting. "Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole."; "Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program."
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ten foot pole
Turkish pronunciation
ten fût pōlPronunciation
/ˈten ˈfo͝ot ˈpōl/ /ˈtɛn ˈfʊt ˈpoʊl/
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