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