hands offnnspoken used to say that someone cannot have, take, or touch something Hey! Hands off that CD! It’s mine!
Tell your little brother to
keep his
hands off my car.
→ hands-off → hand hands-off approach• A hands-off approach to macroeconomic management has the great virtue of leaving both hands free for microeconomic tasks.
From Longman Business Dictionary
hands-offˈhands-off adjectiveadjHUMAN RESOURCES not telling the people you are in charge of exactly what to do, but letting them make their own decisionsHis hands-off approach to management was seen by some as laziness.