keep one's hands off

1. 1.

   stay clear of, avoid

   “Keep your hands off my wife!”

   “Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous”

   Synonymsstand backkeep one's eyes offkeep one's distancestay away

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Questions about keep one's hands off

What does keep one's hands off mean?

keep one's hands off means "stay clear of, avoid".

What is another word for keep one's hands off?

Close synonyms include stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, stay away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keep one's hands off a common word?

keep one's hands off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.