Phrase guide

have truck with

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To have dealings with; to truck with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • You shouldn't have any truck with them. They cheat.
  • I've had no truck with them for some time.
  • 2020 December 8, David Barnett, "How John Lennon was made into a mythhttps://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201207-how-john-lennon-was-made-into-a-myth" in BBC Online Malik eventually tracks down Lennon, living a simple life – in a hut, with a fishing boat called Imagine – away from the spotlight he never had shone upon him, and dispensing nuggets of homespun wisdom. Which is not a portrayal Sheffield has much truck with.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have truck and trade with

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From truck (“dealings”).