wash your hands of it
WOSH yer HANDZ uv it
wɒʃ jər hændz əv ɪtListen
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disclaim all responsibility for something and refuse to have any further involvement in it; disassociate oneself from a situation, decision, or person to avoid complicity or responsibility for the consequences; derived from the Gospel of Matthew in which Pontius Pilate washes his hands before the crowd to symbolise his refusal of responsibility for the crucifixion of Jesus; in environmental ethics sometimes used critically to describe corporate or governmental entities that disclaim responsibility for pollution they have caused
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