"take something off someone's hands" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes something off someone's hands [present, singular, third-person], taking something off someone's hands [participle, present], took something off someone's hands [past], taken something off someone's hands [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> something off someone's hands}} take something off someone's hands (third-person singular simple present takes something off someone's hands, present participle taking something off someone's hands, simple past took something off someone's hands, past participle taken something off someone's hands)
  1. To relieve someone of something burdensome by taking it.
    Sense id: en-take_something_off_someone's_hands-en-verb-xoaTq9iL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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