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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

off someone's hands en · ADP

Meanings

  1. Out of someone's possession or care.
    • I’ve got everything I need. My house is paid for and my three children are off my hands and doing very well. I’ve never been envious of the players who have gone on and done well for themselves on the football pitch and financially. 2022 July 24, Susan Gray, quoting Tony Carr, “‘I trained Lampard and Ferdinand – but my best decision was starting a pension’”, in The Telegraph:
    • Let me take that off your hands.

Antonyms

on someone's hands