hands off

• hands-off (adjective)

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hands off!

1. (informal) Refrain from touching; refrain from initiating any physical contact.
2. (nautical, historical) Cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.

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

1. Tending not to interfere with the decisions and actions of other people (employees, subjects, etc.).

   Antonym: hands-on

   a hands-off policy

hands off

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

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