pestä kätensä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- distance noun The amount of space between two points or places.
Senses
pestä kätensä is used for these senses in English:
- distance To set oneself at a distance from someone or something else; to move away from someone or something.
- wash one's hands (figuratively) To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with. [with of ‘something’]
distance — full definition
- noun The amount of space between two points or places.
- noun A lack of closeness or warmth between people; emotional separation.
- verb To keep oneself apart from someone or something, especially to avoid association with it.
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