WASH ONE'S HANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wash one's hands mean? 

• WASH ONE'S HANDS (verb)
  The verb WASH ONE'S HANDS has 1 sense:

1. to absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame

  Familiarity information: WASH ONE'S HANDS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WASH ONE'S HANDS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I wash my hands of this

Hypernyms (to "wash one's hands" is one way to...):

absolve; free (let off the hook)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP