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Antonyms for wash hands of
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hand |
Phonetic Transcription : hænd |
- accept
- acknowledge
- admit
- adopt
- advance
- agree
- allow
- approve
- assert
- begin
- build up
- cherish
- claim
- come
- commend
- compliment
- concur
- condone
- confirm
- consent
- continue
- corroborate
- defend
- do
- embrace
- emphasize
- endorse
- enforce
- favor
- fight
- go
- go along
- go back
- grant
- hold
- hold out
- join
- keep
- laud
- maintain
- OK
- own
- permit
- persevere
- praise
- pursue
- rediscover
- remain
- retain
- return
- revert
- sanction
- stand up to
- start
- stay
- support
- take on
- uphold
- vouch for
- vow
- welcome
- win
- withstand
Definition of wash hands of
Origin :- Old English hond, hand "hand; side; power, control, possession," from Proto-Germanic *khanduz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German hand, Old Norse hönd, Gothic handus). The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later hands.
- Meaning "person who does something with his hands" is from 1580s, hence "hired workman" (1630s) and "sailor in a ship's crew" (1660s). Clock and watch sense is from 1570s. Meaning "round of applause" is from 1838. The linear measure of 4 inches (originally 3) is from 1560s, now used only in giving the height of horses. The meaning "playing cards held in one player's hand" is from 1620s; that of "a round at a card game" is from 1620s.
- First hand, second hand, etc. (mid-15c.) are from the notion of something being passed down from hand to hand. Out of hand (1590s) is opposite of in hand "under control" (c.1200). Hand over fist (1825) is suggestive of sailors and fishermen hauling in nets. Hand jive is from 1958. To win something hands down (1855) is from horse racing, from a jockey's gesture of letting the reins go loose in an easy victory.
- The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes was not the best contested one that it has been our fortune to assist at. ... [T]hey were won by Meteor, with Scott for his rider; who went by the post with his hands down, the easiest of all easy half-lengths. Wiseacre certainly did the best in his power to spoil his position, and Misdeal was at one time a little vexatious. ["The Sportsman," report from April 26, 1840]
- To hand it to (someone) "acknowledge someone's ability" is slang from c.1906. Phrase on the one hand ... on the other hand is recorded from 1630s, a figurative use of the physical sense of hand in reference to position on one side or the other side of the body (as in the lefthand side), which goes back to Old English Hands up! as a command from a policeman, robber, etc., is from 1873. Hand-to-mouth is from c.1500. Hand-in-hand attested from c.1500 as "with hands clasped;" figurative sense of "concurrently" recorded from 1570s.
- As in renounce : verb abandon, reject
- As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
- As in resign : verb give up responsibility
- As in abandon : verb leave behind, relinquish
- As in disavow : verb reject
- As in disclaim : verb deny
- As in forsake : verb abandon, turn one's back on
- As in give in/give up : verb admit defeat
Synonyms for wash hands of
- abandon
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abstain from
- apostacize
- apostatize
- arrogate
- back down
- back out
- bail out
- banish
- be against
- belittle
- bow out
- break with
- buckle under
- capitulate
- cast
- cast off
- cave in
- cease
- cease work
- cede
- change one's tune
- chicken out
- collapse
- comply
- concede
- contradict
- contravene
- cop out
- criticize
- cry uncle
- cut loose
- cut off
- cut out
- decline
- default
- defect
- demit
- demur
- deny
- deprecate
- desert
- desist
- despair
- disacknowledge
- disaffirm
- disallow
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- discontinue
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- disparage
- ditch
- divorce oneself from
- drift away
- drop
- drop like a hot potato
- drop out
- duck
- dump
- dust
- end service
- eschew
- flake out
- flush
- fly in the face of
- fly the coop
- fold
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- gainsay
- give notice
- give up
- give up the ship
- go back on word
- hand in resignation
- hand over
- hang it up
- have done with
- impugn
- jettison
- jilt
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- leave off
- leg it
- let go
- minimize
- negate
- negative
- nix
- opt out
- oust
- pull out
- quit
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- reject
- relinquish
- renege
- renig
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- repudiate
- rescind
- resign
- retire
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- run out on
- screw
- secede
- sell out
- separate oneself from
- set aside
- ship out
- show the door
- sign off
- spurn
- stand aside
- stand down
- step down
- stop
- storm out
- submit
- surrender
- swear off
- take a powder
- take a walk
- take the oath
- take the pledge
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- terminate
- throw in the towel
- throw off
- throw over
- toss over
- traverse
- turn
- turn back on
- turn down
- turn over
- vacate
- waive
- walk out
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- wash one's hands of
- weasel out of
- welsh
- withdraw
- worm out of
- yield
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