Meanings
verbhave a bar of it (third-person singular simple present has a bar of it, present participle having a bar of it, simple past and past participle had a bar of it)
present singular third person has a bar of it · participle present having a bar of it · participle past had a bar of it · past had a bar of it
- AustraliaNew ZealandcolloquialTo tolerate it to the slightest degree; to stand for it.
Is that the stupid proposition that the member for Auckland Central wants us to accept? If it is, the Government will not have a bar of it.
1980, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: House of Representatives, page 3326
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