pestä kätensä

Finnish

Etymology

pestä (“to wash”) kädet (“hands”) +‎ -nsä (“third person possessive suffix”); to "wash one's hands".

Verb

pestä kätensä

1. (idiomatic) to wash one's hands of (to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with)

Usage notes

• "of" is expressed with elative case.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see pestä; kätensä takes the appropriate possessive suffix.