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See also: hands-off
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- hands-off (adjective)
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (UK) (file)
Interjection[edit]
- (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[edit]
don't touch!
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cut off a hand!
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Adjective[edit]
hands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)
- Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.
- Antonym: hands-on
- a hands-off policy
Translations[edit]
not interfering with others' decisions and actions
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Verb[edit]
- third-person singular simple present indicative of hand off