off someone's hands

Out of or removed from someone's charge, possession, or responsibility. It is often put as take off someone's hands, as in We hoped that once they saw the kittens they would take them off our hands, or I'm glad that swing set is finally off our hands. [First half of 1600s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Meryl	MERL, MER-əl	English
Maura	['mɔ:rə]
Kittie	['kiti]
Jenny	JEN-ee (English)	English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Spanish
Jinan	-	Arabic
Anita (1)	ah-NEE-tah (Spanish), AH-nee-tah (Finnish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovene, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish,