- hands 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./
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
