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wash one's hands or wash one's hands off #1 (permalink) Fri Dec 02, 2011 22:22 pm   wash one's hands or wash one's hands off
 

Which is the correct idiom because so far I've seen them both?(wash one's hands off or wash one's hands of)
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wash one's hands or wash one's hands off #2 (permalink) Sat Dec 03, 2011 0:07 am   wash one's hands or wash one's hands off
 

The idiom is "wash one's hands of (something)".

"wash one's hands off" is wrong (or has a usually ludicrous meaning of washing so strenuously that one's hands fall off).
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