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- have no truck with
have no truck with
have no truck with something
Rur. to have nothing to do with something. After the way Mary treated me, I'll have no truck with her. We only show good, wholesome movies at this theater. We have no truck with most of that Hollywood trash.
have no truck with somebody/something
(slightly formal) to refuse to become involved with someone or something
Our committee will have no truck with racist attitudes. Usage notes: usually said about someone or something you do not approve of
have no truck with something/somebody
to refuse to become involved with something or someone because you do not approve of them Our committee will have no truck with racist attitudes.
have no truck with
Have no dealings with, as in The doctor said he wanted no truck with midwives. This term was first recorded in 1868, although truck in the sense of "dealings" dates from the early 1600s.
have no truck with
Avoid. “Truck” came from the French woes for “barter.” Originally, if you had no truck with somebody, you refused to trade with him or her. By extension it came to mean you refused to have anything to do with the person.