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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]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| GraŻYna | | grah-ZHI-nah | Polish |
| Emmie | | | |
| ÉTienne | | e-TYEN (French), e-TSYEN (Quebec French) | French |
| Leonida | | - | Italian |
| Gunnarr | | - | Ancient Scandinavian, Norse Mythology |
| Nogah | | - | Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |