have no truck with
Have (or want) no truck with
Meaning:
- avoid dealing or being associated with
- to have nothing to do with something
- being opposed to someone or something
- unsympathetic to someone
Examples:
- You should have no truck with those few in your class. They are just trying to misuse your trait of helping others.
- After Saima accused her friend of taking away the science project from her, she had no truck with her until her misjudgement was cleared.
- Why are you having no truck with your teacher? He only discouraged you in front of the class to make you realize your potential.
- The couple has no truck with each other after they broke up.
- Have no truck with anger when someone is bursting like a volcano. Rather move away.
- The ones I had no truck with during school, are my best friends now.
- It is good to have no truck with people who influence you & bring you down. You have the right to chose your company.
- Sahil has no truck with Raghu even after Raghu apologized for cheating him in their business.
Origin:
The earliest sense of truck was ‘trading by the exchange of commodities' (from French troquer, meaning ‘barter'), from which developed the sense ‘communication or dealings'.