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hands-off
[ handz-awf, -of ]
adjective
- characterized by nonintervention or noninterference:
the new hands-off foreign policy.
- remote or unfriendly; estranging:
a truculent, hands-off manner toward strangers.
hands-off
adjective
- (of a machine, device, etc) without need of manual operation
- denoting a policy, etc, of deliberate noninvolvement
a hands-off strategy towards industry
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Origin of hands-off1
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
Perkins explains he has a somewhat hands-off approach to the performances in his films, mostly leaving the actors free to interpret the script as they wish.
But on his first day in office, Trump signaled a hands-off approach to the conflict.
"I made it clear when I became president that I wouldn't be a hands-off president," he added.
X's move to a more hands-off approach to moderating content has contributed to a major fall-out with advertisers.
“It’s this wonderful balance. I’ve worked with directors that go too far in either direction, either very hands-on or hands-off.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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