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hands-off

[handz-awf, -of] / ˈhændzˈɔf, -ˈɒf /


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Hands-off, eyes off, read a book, use your phone, work on your laptop, watch a movie, take a nap, that kind of thing.

From The Verge • Mar. 2, 2021

Hands-off parenting moments aside, one of the benefits of the trip was sharing some of my old haunts, several of which centered on the theater district, with my daughter.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2014

Having relieved the Spanish islands from the dominion of Spain, we should declare concerning them a policy of "Hands-off," both on our own part and on the part of other powers.

From "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers" by Adams, Charles Francis

The policy heretofore pursued by us in such cases,—the policy of "Hands-off," and "Walk alone," is distinctly American; it is not European, not even British.

From "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers" by Adams, Charles Francis

So far as foreign powers are concerned, we have laid down the principle of "Hands-off."

From "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers" by Adams, Charles Francis



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