hands off
See also: hands-off
English
Alternative forms
- hands-off (adjective)
Pronunciation
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Interjection
hands off!
- (informal) don't touch!
- (nautical, historical) cut off a hand decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.
Translations
don't touch!
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cut off a hand!
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Adjective
hands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)
- Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.
- a hands-off policy
- Antonym: hands-on
Translations
not interfering with others' decisions and actions
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Verb
hands off
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand off
Anagrams
- hand-offs, handoffs