hands off

See also: hands-off

English

Alternative forms

• hands-off (adjective)

Pronunciation

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Interjection

hands off!

1. (informal) Refrain from touching; refrain from initiating any physical contact.
2. (nautical, historical) Cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.

Translations

don't touch!

Albanian: mos prek!, shporru! Arabic: اِرْفَعْ يَدَكَ m (irfaʕ yadaka), اِرْفَعي يَدَكِ f Moroccan Arabic: قلع يدك (glaʕ yeddak) Chinese: Mandarin: 勿動手！ / 勿动手！ (wù dòngshǒu!), 不許碰！ / 不许碰！ (bù xǔpèng!) Czech: ruce pryč!, nesahat! Dutch: afblijven! (nl), niet aanraken! Estonian: käed eemale! Finnish: irti! (fi), näpit irti! French: pas touche ! (fr), bas les pattes ! (fr) German: Finger weg!, Hände weg! Greek: κάτω τα χέρια! (káto ta chéria!) Hungarian: el a kezekkel!, ne nyúlj hozzá! Italian: giù le mani!, giù le zampe! Japanese: 触るな！ (さわるな！, sawaru na!) Malayalam: തൊടരുത്! (toṭarutŭ!) Polish: łapy precz Portuguese: tira as mãos!, tira a mão! Russian: ру́ки прочь! (ru) (rúki pročʹ!) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: да̏ље руке!, не ди́рати! Roman: dȁlje ruke!, ne dírati! Spanish: ¡saca las manos! Swedish: inte röra!, bort med händerna!, bort med tassarna! Tamil: தொடாதே! (toṭātē!)

cut off a hand!

Dutch: hand af! Polish: odciąć ręce

Adjective

hands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)

1. Tending not to interfere with the decisions and actions of other people (employees, subjects, etc.).

   Antonym: hands-on

   a hands-off policy

Translations

not interfering with others' decisions and actions

Arabic: عَدَمُ ٱلتَّدَخُّلِ m (ʕadamu t-tadaḵḵuli) Chinese: Mandarin: 放手的 (zh) (fàngshǒu de), 不干涉的 (zh) (bùgānshè de) Dutch: laat maar doen Estonian: mittesekkumis Finnish: puuttumaton, sekaantumaton French: laissez-faire (fr) German: tun lassen Italian: lassista, permissivo (it) Japanese: 傍観的 (ぼうかんてき, bōkan-teki) Polish: dający wolną rękę Portuguese: de não interferência/envolvimento, não-intervencionista Tamil: தலையிடாத (talaiyiṭāta)

See also

• handless
• hands down
• hands-free
• unhand

Verb

hands off

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand off

Anagrams

• hand-offs, handoffs