Usually means: Extremely different or opposite positions.
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  1. poles apart: Merriam-Webster
  2. poles apart: Collins English Dictionary
  3. poles apart: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. poles apart: Wiktionary
  5. poles apart: Dictionary.com
  6. Poles Apart: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Poles Apart: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. poles apart: Legal dictionary

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  1. Poles Apart: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. poles apart: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Poles Apart: Medical dictionary

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  1. poles apart: Idioms

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adjective:  (idiomatic) Totally opposite.

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