Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “wash one’s hands of“ and its meaning is “disown (responsibility for); disclaim, renounce, reject, forswear, disavow, give up on, turn one’s back on, cast aside, abandon”.
Example Sentence: The killing of civilians in a botched ambush by the armed forces in Nagaland’s Mon district on Saturday and its violent fallout have put the spotlight on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958…“The Indian security forces will never be able to wash its hands off, smeared with the blood of innocent Nagas” notwithstanding its “nonsensical statement” linked to credible intelligence reports of movement of insurgents, the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, or the NSCN (I-M) said.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Nagaland killings underline AFSPA pitfalls and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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