not touch (someone or something) with a bargepole

: to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense : handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate

: to put hands upon in any way or degree

: to take into the hands or mouth

: the act or fact of touching

: the special sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin or mucous membrane is perceived

: a specified sensation that arises in response to stimulation of the tactile receptors : feel

: some person : somebody

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective