hands off

See also: hands-off

English

Alternative forms

hands-off (adjective)

Pronunciation

Audio (UK) (file)

Interjection

(informal) don't touch!
(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 (irfaʿ yadaka), اِرْفَعي يَدَكِ‎ f
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!)
Portuguese: tira as mãos!, tira a mão!
Russian: ру́ки прочь! (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!

Adjective

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

Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.
a hands-off policy

Antonym: hands-on

Translations

not interfering with others' decisions and actions

Arabic: عَدَمُ ٱلتَّدَخُّلِ‎ m (ʿadamu 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)
Portuguese: de não interferência/envolvimento, não-intervencionista
Tamil: தலையிடாத (talaiyiṭāta)

Verb

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand off

Anagrams

hand-offs, handoffs

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