hands-off

hands-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 nothing./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • hands-off — ˈhands off adjective HUMAN RESOURCES not telling the people you are in charge of exactly what to do, but letting them make their own decisions: • His hands off approach to management was seen by some as laziness. * * * hands off UK US adjective ► …   Financial and business terms

  • hands-off — adj [only before noun] a hands off way of organizing something involves letting people do what they want and make their own decisions, without telling them what to do ▪ a hands off style of management ▪ The government has a hands off approach to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hands-off — adjective allowing other people to make their own decisions: a hands off style of management …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hands-off — also hands off, as an adjective, by 1895. As a command to desist, by 1810 …   Etymology dictionary

  • hands-off — hands′ off′ adj. characterized by nonintervention or noninterference …   From formal English to slang

  • hands-off — ► hands off not involving or requiring direct intervention. Main Entry: ↑hand …   English terms dictionary

  • hands-off — [handz′ôf′] adj. designating or of a policy, attitude, etc. of not interfering or intervening …   English World dictionary

  • hands-off — adjective not involving participation or intervention a hands off foreign policy • Similar to: ↑passive, ↑inactive * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: hands off : practicing noninterference …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hands off — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hands Off! — Infobox animanga/Header name = Hands Off! caption = Hands Off! Volume 5 cover ja name = その手をどけろ ja name trans = Sono Te wo Dokero genre = PsychologicalInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Kasane Katsumoto publisher = flagicon|Japan Kadokawa… …   Wikipedia

  • hands 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 …   Useful english dictionary

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