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WASH ONE'S HANDS
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame
Example:
I wash my hands of this
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "wash one's hands" is one way to...):
absolve; free (let off the hook)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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