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washes one's hands

washes one's hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wash one's hands.

Meaning of wash one's hands

Verb

wash one's hands (third-person singular simple present washes one's hands, present participle washing one's hands, simple past and past participle washed one's hands)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash, one's, hands.
    • Be sure to wash your hands before preparing food.
  2. (euphemistic) To go to the toilet.
  3. (figuratively) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with.
    • Sharp[er]. […] Mony is but Dirt, Sir Joſeph—Mere Dirt. / Sir Jo[seph Wittoll]. But I profeſs, it is a Dirt I have vvaſhed my Hands of at preſent; I have laid it all out upon my Back.1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 11
    Synonyms:
    disclaim, disown, abjure, deny, disavow, forsay, forswear, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of

Questions about washes one's hands

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Washes one's hands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wash one's hands.

Words near washes one's hands in the dictionary

  1. washes its face
  2. washes off
  3. washes one's brain out with soap
  4. washes one's dirty laundry in public
  5. washes one's dirty linen in public
  6. washes one's hands
  7. washes one's hands of
  8. washes one's mouth out
  9. washes oneself of
  10. washes out
  11. washes out one's mouth

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