A hands-off policy or approach to something consists of not being personally or directly involved in it.
...the state's traditional hands-off attitude toward big business.
hands off in British English
do not touch or interfere
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hands-off in British English
adjective
1.
(of a machine, device, etc) without need of manual operation
2.
denoting a policy, etc, of deliberate noninvolvement
a hands-off strategy towards industry
hands off! in American English
don't touch! don't interfere!
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hands-off in American English
(ˈhændzˈɔf)
adjective
designating or of a policy, attitude, etc. of not interfering or intervening
Examples of 'hands off' in a sentence
hands off
"First he has to take his hands off me," Sherwood demanded.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)
So I've been ordered to keep my hands off until I'm given further directions.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
I would have told Nicodemus she was mine, and he was to keep his hands off her.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
He was a hands-off type of manager, fairly popular with the staff, whom we rarely caught sight of.
Magnus Mills THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT (2003)
All related terms of 'hands off'
off your hands
if someone or something is off your hands , you are no longer responsible for them, because another person has taken responsibility for them instead of you
off one's hands
for which one is no longer responsible
on one's hands/off one's hands
If you have a problem or responsibility on your hands , you have to deal with it. If it is off your hands , you no longer have to deal with it.
hand-off
the act of warding off an opposing player with the open hand
keep one's hands off sth/take one's hands off sth
If you tell someone to keep their hands off something or to take their hands off it, you are telling them in a rather aggressive way not to touch it or interfere with it.