"vaske sine hænder" meaning in Danish

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|da|verb}} vaske sine hænder
  1. to wash one's hands
    Sense id: en-vaske_sine_hænder-da-verb-A25qT34b Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18
  2. (figuratively) to absolve oneself of guilt; to (successfully) evade consequences Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-vaske_sine_hænder-da-verb-s0r-ggKf
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      "expansion": "vaske sine hænder",
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  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wash one's hands"
      ],
      "id": "en-vaske_sine_hænder-da-verb-A25qT34b",
      "links": [
        [
          "wash one's hands",
          "wash one's hands"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1843, Søren Kierkegaard, Samlede værker, page 225:",
          "text": "Han kunde vaske sine Hænder, hvis Nogen vilde sigte ham for historisk Upaalidelighed, men mere heller ikke.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Nordisk kriminalistisk årsbok: de Nordiska kriminalistföreningarnas årsbok:",
          "text": "Jeg må sige, det var mig lidt vanskeligt at skulle dømme den unge soldat og se den anden vaske sine hænder og dagen efter igen stå foran et biografteater og fortsætte sin praksis.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Gerd Rindel, Øretævens vej, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Det med at vaske sine hænder var noget, mor tit sagde. At vaske sine hænder havde ikke noget med vand at gøre. At vaske sine hænder betød, at man bare lod som ingenting, hvis man havde lavet noget galt. De rige vaskede deres hænder.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to absolve oneself of guilt; to (successfully) evade consequences"
      ],
      "id": "en-vaske_sine_hænder-da-verb-s0r-ggKf",
      "links": [
        [
          "absolve",
          "absolve"
        ],
        [
          "guilt",
          "guilt"
        ],
        [
          "evade",
          "evade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to absolve oneself of guilt; to (successfully) evade consequences"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vaske sine hænder"
}
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    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish multiword terms",
    "Danish verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "vaske sine hænder",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to wash one's hands"
      ],
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        [
          "wash one's hands",
          "wash one's hands"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Danish quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1843, Søren Kierkegaard, Samlede værker, page 225:",
          "text": "Han kunde vaske sine Hænder, hvis Nogen vilde sigte ham for historisk Upaalidelighed, men mere heller ikke.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Nordisk kriminalistisk årsbok: de Nordiska kriminalistföreningarnas årsbok:",
          "text": "Jeg må sige, det var mig lidt vanskeligt at skulle dømme den unge soldat og se den anden vaske sine hænder og dagen efter igen stå foran et biografteater og fortsætte sin praksis.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Gerd Rindel, Øretævens vej, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Det med at vaske sine hænder var noget, mor tit sagde. At vaske sine hænder havde ikke noget med vand at gøre. At vaske sine hænder betød, at man bare lod som ingenting, hvis man havde lavet noget galt. De rige vaskede deres hænder.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to absolve oneself of guilt; to (successfully) evade consequences"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "absolve",
          "absolve"
        ],
        [
          "guilt",
          "guilt"
        ],
        [
          "evade",
          "evade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to absolve oneself of guilt; to (successfully) evade consequences"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vaske sine hænder"
}

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