off someone's hands

prepositional phrase

Out of someone's possession or care.

“Let me take that off your hands.”

Opposite
on someone's hands
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Out of someone's possession or care.

    Let me take that off your hands.

    1 more example

    I’ve got everything I need. My house is paid for and my three children are off my hands and doing very well. I’ve never been envious of the players who have gone on and done well for themselves on the football pitch and financially.

    2022 July 24, Susan Gray, quoting Tony Carr, “‘I trained Lampard and Ferdinand – but my best decision was starting a pension’”, in The Telegraph

    Antonyms: on someone's hands

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseOut of someone's possession or care.

Opposite
on someone's hands
Cite this entry
APA

off someone's hands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20someone's%20hands

MLA

“off someone's hands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20someone's%20hands. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off someone's hands,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off%20someone's%20hands.

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