hands off



hands off

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]
See also: hand, off

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Svatava-Czech
PietariPEE-e-tah-reeFinnish
TeÀRlag-Scottish
Dionysius-Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical
LÉOpoldine-French
Spyro-Greek