[usuallybeforenoun] dealing with people or a situation by not becoming involved and by allowing people to do what they want to:
a hands-off approach to staff management
compareHANDS-ON
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, hands-off is tagged as adjective.
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