Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “wash one’s hands of“ and its meaning is “disown, disclaim, renounce, abandon, reject, disavow, have nothing to do with, give up on, cast aside”.
Example Sentence: To continue to mesmerise citizens and keep them invested in the benefits of centralisation, washing hands off responsibility is critical for the Union government. Acknowledging data or information of failures derails the project and the creation of alternate facts is very important.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article The significance of the ‘there is no data’ answer and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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