hands off

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hands off!

  1. (informal) Don't touch!
  2. (nautical, historical) Cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.

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Adjective

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hands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)

  1. Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.
    Antonym: hands-on
    a hands-off policy

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Verb

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hands off

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand off

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