hands off

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Interjection

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.

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Adjective

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

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Verb

hands off

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

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