"mettere le mani avanti" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: méttere le mani avanti [canonical], métto le mani avanti [first-person, present, singular], mìsi le mani avanti [first-person, historic, past, singular], mésso le mani avanti [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to put the hands forward”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to put the hands forward}} “to put the hands forward”, {{lit|to put the hands forward}} Literally, “to put the hands forward” Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} méttere le mani avanti (first-person singular present métto le mani avanti, first-person singular past historic mìsi le mani avanti, past participle mésso le mani avanti, auxiliary avére)
  1. to indicate the possibility of an unsatisfactory result, implying that it is not the speaker's fault if it happens; to safeguard oneself; to play it safe
    Sense id: en-mettere_le_mani_avanti-it-verb-FjsXsXvP Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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