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11hands off — verb imperative : refrain from touching : refrain from interference : leave (one) alone * * * hands off 1. (as a command) keep off 2. Do not touch or strike • • • Main Entry: ↑hand * * * hands off …
12hands off — {informal} Keep your hands off or do not interfere; leave that alone. Used as a command. * /I was going to touch the machine, but the man cried, Hands off! and I let it alone./ …
13hands-off — {adj.}, {informal} Leaving alone, not interfering; inactive. * /The United States told the European governments to follow a hands off policy toward Latin America./ * /I did not approve of his actions, but I have a hands off rule in personal… …
14hands off — {informal} Keep your hands off or do not interfere; leave that alone. Used as a command. * /I was going to touch the machine, but the man cried, Hands off! and I let it alone./ …
15hands-off — {adj.}, {informal} Leaving alone, not interfering; inactive. * /The United States told the European governments to follow a hands off policy toward Latin America./ * /I did not approve of his actions, but I have a hands off rule in personal… …
16hands-off — /handz awf , of /, adj. 1. characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands off foreign policy. 2. remote or unfriendly; estranging: a truculent, hands off manner toward strangers. [1900 05] * * * …
17hands\ off — informal Keep your hands off or do not interfere; leave that alone. Used as a command. I was going to touch the machine, but the man cried, Hands off! and I let it alone …
18hands-off — adj informal Leaving alone, not interfering; inactive. The United States told the European governments to follow a hands off policy toward Latin America. I did not approve of his actions, but I have a hands off rule in personal matters, so I said …
19hands off — 1 interjection used to warn someone not to touch something: Hands off, that s my candy bar! 2 adjective (only before noun) letting other people do what they want and make decisions, without telling them what to do: a hands off style of management …
20hands-off — adjective Date: 1902 characterized by noninterference < a hands off policy toward the internal affairs of other nations > …
