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keep hands clean

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keep your hands clean
to avoid becoming involved in any activities which are bad or illegal Politicians can leave the lies and smear campaigns to journalists and keep their own hands clean.
See also: clean, hand, keep

keep your hands clean also have clean hands
to avoid becoming involved in something, esp. immoral or illegal I do not see how anyone working with such corrupt and greedy people could have clean hands.
Opposite of: get your hands dirty
See also: clean, hand, keep


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Wipes are a convenient way to keep hands clean on the go, allowing people to go about their daily business without worrying about germs.
They gave practical demonstrations using ultraviolet light to show how to keep hands clean and infections down.
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