washed his hands of|wash his hand of in English

shunned responsibility for -, avoided being held accountable for -

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1. The cook has a terrible habit of forgetting to wash his hands.

2. 3 The stamp collector washed his hand before handling stamps.

3. He washed his hands and face, still in a brown study, apparently, and combed his hair.

4. Tillman admitted, going to wash his hands with a lump of soap resembling processed yam.

5. Then he pushed the spittoon with the tip of his shoe, and went to wash his hands in the washbasin.

6. So he put his hand to it, after which E·liʹsha laid his hands on the king’s hands.

7. 11 If the one with the discharge+ has not washed his hands in water and he touches someone, that person must then wash his garments, bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

8. In the office, he went directly to the minuscule bathroom and washed his face and hands.

9. Calling for water, he washed his hands and claimed innocence in the death he now sanctioned.

10. We washed our hands of politics long ago.

11. He then went to wash his hands whilst I, stupidly, started to play with my beloved ball.

12. I've washed my hands of the whole sordid business.

13. Oh, listen, he's been marginalized in the Security Council, he's detaining an American citizen, he wants to wash his hands of.

14. Wash your hands now.

15. She washed her hands with a cake of soap.

16. You'd better wash those gluey hands of yours.

17. She washed the blood from his face.

18. [The aqueous extract produced by an acidic wash of alkali-washed naphthalene oil.

19. + 16 When he kept lingering, then because of Jehovah’s compassion for him,+ the men seized hold of his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, and they brought him out and stationed him outside the city.

20. In the interests of hygiene, please wash your hands.

21. He wiped his greasy hands on the front of his overalls.

22. His hands rested on his abdomen.

23. (The aqueous extract produced by an acidic wash of alkali-washed carbolic oil.

24. [The aqueous extract produced by an acidic wash of alkali-washed carbolic oil.

25. (The aqueous extract produced by an acidic wash of alkali-washed naphthalene oil.