Idiom
wash oneself of
Meaning
To stop caring about (something); to reject any semblance of (something).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I wash my hands of this messy situation.”
“After the team ignored his advice for the third time, he decided to wash his hands of the entire project.”
“The manager chose to wash his hands of the scandal, claiming he had no knowledge of the unethical practices occurring within his department.”
Examples
simple
“I wash my hands of this messy situation.”
contextual
“After the team ignored his advice for the third time, he decided to wash his hands of the entire project.”
complex
“The manager chose to wash his hands of the scandal, claiming he had no knowledge of the unethical practices occurring within his department.”
Origin
From wash one's hands of.
Key words
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