hands-off
[ handz-awf, -of ]
/ ˈhændzˈɔf, -ˈɒf /
adjective
characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
remote or unfriendly; estranging: a truculent, hands-off manner toward strangers.
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Origin of hands-off
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby hands-off
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British Dictionary definitions for hands-off
hands-off
adjective
(of a machine, device, etc) without need of manual operation
denoting a policy, etc, of deliberate noninvolvementa hands-off strategy towards industry
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Idioms and Phrases with hands-off
hands off
An order to stop touching or interfering with something, as in Hands off the cake, children! This idiom is also put as keep one's hands off, as in She knew she had to keep her hands off so he could learn to tie his shoes by himself. [Mid-1500s]
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