hands off
Short definition from Wiktionary
Interjection
- Refrain from touching; refrain from initiating any physical contact.
- Cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.
Adjective
- Tending not to interfere with the decisions and actions of other people (employees, subjects, etc.).
- Alternative spelling of hands off: not involving or requiring direct control or intervention.
Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of hand off
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