have/hold/want no truck with
idiom
: to refuse to be involved with (someone or something)
I'll have no truck with such nonsense.
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The monolithic public sectors of the world will want no truck with competition on the issuance of money, so only a departure from the norm like a Trump administration can keep the crypto dream alive against a global tide of suffocating regulation.
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Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Jonathan Gitlin This pick will probably upset some purists out there, those who have no truck with a car built on a platform designed to be powertrain agnostic.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
Daniel and Benedict have no truck with mess and muddle.
—Grace McCloud, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
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Clem Chambers, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Jonathan Gitlin This pick will probably upset some purists out there, those who have no truck with a car built on a platform designed to be powertrain agnostic.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023
Daniel and Benedict have no truck with mess and muddle.
—Grace McCloud, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
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“Have/hold/want no truck with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%2Fhold%2Fwant%20no%20truck%20with. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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