Word info

hands off

Speech parts

1. hands off - Adjective

2. hands off - Verb

3. hands off - Interjection

4. hands off - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

not involving participation or intervention

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

hands-off

Examples

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. Leo Burnett

Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. Melody Beattie

Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it. Arthur Conan Doyle

Hands off the BBC. Dennis Skinner

I had never realized a woman could have to struggle to keep her hands off a man, but here I was, digging my nails into my palms, staring at the inside of my eyelids as though I could maybe see through them if I peered hard enough. Charlaine Harris

My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him. Richelle Mead

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