have/want no truck with somebody/something

have no truck with (someone or something)

To not be involved with someone or something. Oh, I have no truck with him anymore, not since our fight.See also: have, no, truck

want no truck with (someone or something)

To want to avoid someone or something. I hope Ned won't be there—I want no truck with him since our fight.See also: no, truck, want

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.See also: have, no, truck

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. See also: have, no, truck

have (or want) no truck with

1 avoid dealing or being associated with. 2 be unsympathetic or opposed to. 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’.See also: have, no, truck

have/want no ˈtruck with somebody/something

(British English) not want to deal with or be involved with somebody/something: He’ll have no truck with anyone on the political left.See also: have, no, somebody, something, truck, want

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.See also: have, no, truck