idiom
wash your hands of
WOSH yor HANDZ ov
wɒʃ jɔːr hændz əvListen
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Syllable breakdown
washyourhandsof
Dictionary meaning
To refuse to take further responsibility for something.
Examples
- She washed her hands of the project after her advice was consistently ignored.
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