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71lie on one's hands — To remain unwanted, unclaimed or unused • • • Main Entry: ↑lie …
72wash one's hands of — abandon, refuse responsibility for He washed his hands of the problem after they refused to deal with it. (from Idioms in Speech) to decline responsibility, to rid oneself of the responsibility for As far as Ken and Vicky were concerned, Davy had …
73tie one's hands — {v. phr.} To make (a person) unable to do anything. Usually used in the passive. * /Since Mary would not tell her mother what was bothering her, her mother s hands were tied./ * /Charles wanted to help John get elected president of the class, but …
74tie one's hands — {v. phr.} To make (a person) unable to do anything. Usually used in the passive. * /Since Mary would not tell her mother what was bothering her, her mother s hands were tied./ * /Charles wanted to help John get elected president of the class, but …
75tie\ one's\ hands — v. phr. To make (a person) unable to do anything. Usually used in the passive. Since Mary would not tell her mother what was bothering her, her mother s hands were tied. Charles wanted to help John get elected president of the class, but his… …
76on one's hands — phrasal in one s possession or care < too much time on my hands > …
77on one's hands — adjective Being ones liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered. When I started yelling, the other kids started yelling, so Madame Rosa had seven kids on her hands, all bellowing for their mothers …
78put one's hands up — vb to surrender, give in, confess. A euphe mism popular among the British police and underworld. ► It was brilliant. He couldn t believe it. He had to put his hands up. Yes I did that one by subterfuge. (Police officer quoted in Inside the… …
79off one's hands — no longer in one s care or possession I sold my old computer and finally got it off my hands …
80wash one's hands of — I m going to wash my hands of the whole business Syn: disown, renounce, reject, forswear, disavow, give up on, turn one s back on, cast aside, abandon; formal abjure …
