KEEP ONE'S HANDS CLEAN

Meaning of KEEP ONE'S HANDS CLEAN in English

remain uninvolved in an immoral or illegal act.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

KEEP ONE'S HANDS CLEAN — avoid becoming involved in something complicated or illegal
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANDS — plural of hand present third singular of hand
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEAN — — cleanness , n. /kleen/ , adj., cleaner, cleanest , adv., cleaner, cleanest , v. adj. 1. free from dirt; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANDS — n. force of workers that is available, workforce
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEAN — I. ˈklēn adjective Etymology: Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne; akin to Old High German kleini delicate, dainty Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
CLEAN — superl free from ceremonial defilement. 2. clean ·superl free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. 3. clean ·superl free from dirt …
Webster English vocab
HANDS — with reference to someone's power or control: → hand
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEAN — [clean] adj [ME clene, fr. OE claene; akin to OHG kleini delicate, dainty] (bef. 12c) 1 a: free from dirt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEAN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN — ( cleaner, cleanest, cleans, cleaning, cleaned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
HANDS — [plural] [noun]I'm worried about confidential information falling into the wrong hands (= being received by people who could use it …
Cambridge English vocab
CLEAN — (NO ROUGH EDGES) [adjective] -er, -est - having no rough edges; smooth; straight; evenWhat he liked about the car was …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDS — Synonyms and related words : administration, authority, claws, clutches, command, control, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fighting force, firepower, forces, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANDS — n. pl. See clutches .
Dictionary of English Synonyms
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HANDS — • ↑ be in good/safe hands • ↑ be out of sb's hands/be no longer in sb's hands • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEAN — INDEX: 1. not dirty 2. completely clean so that diseases cannot spread 3. when you keep things clean to prevent …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — n. 25B6; adjective keep the wound clean : WASHED, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned; spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, dirt-free, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — < language > A lazy higher-order purely functional language from the University of Nijmegen . Clean was originally a subset …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CLEAN — adj. 1 pure, undefiled, unsullied, unmixed, unadulterated, uncontaminated, unpolluted, uninfected, unspoiled or unspoilt, sanitary, disinfected; antiseptic, decontaminated, purified, sterile The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEP — 1. гл. 1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. ≈ Можете держать эту книгу месяц. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDS — "чистые руки", честность и безупречность поведения Руки in solicitors' ~ под контролем адвокатов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEAN — 1. сущ. уборка, чистка Give it a clean before returning it. ≈ Перед тем, как вернуть, эту вещь следует почистить. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANDS — Рука
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEP — keep.ogg 1. ki:p n разг. 1. прокорм, питание, содержание ten francs a day and keep - десять франков в день …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLEAN — clean.ogg 1. kli:n n 1. разг. чистка, уборка a good clean - основательная уборка she gives the room a clean …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KEEP — keep гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - kept1) держать, не отдавать You may keep the book for a month. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Concise Oxford English vocab

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