wash your hands
Pre-meal cleanliness ritual
To wash your hands is to clean them with water and typically soap.
The phrase extends to disavowing responsibility or involvement: I wash my hands of this whole mess.
This figurative sense—from Pontius Pilate's gesture before condemning Jesus—means refusing further association with something you consider wrong or hopeless.
- soapFatty alkali cleanser
- waterClear essential liquid
- warm waterMildly heated H2O
- running waterPlumbed household flow
- sinkBasin with drain
scrub · lather · rinse · germs · clean · faucet · towel · paper towel · hygiene · bubbles · antibacterial · dirty · sanitize · palms · fingers · bathroom · public restroom · warm
- dining phrasesbon appetit, dig in, come and get it, pass the salt, cheers
- life advicebe honest, be kind, be patient, work hard, keep promises
- momismsI told you so, no means no, back in my day, last warning
- bathroombathtub, bathroom, restroom, lavatory, faucet
responsibility/involvement
wash your handstake responsibility
Accept fault for outcomes
own it · get involved · step up · be accountable · take the fall
wash, your, yours, yourself, yourselves, hand, hands, handed, handing