Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)Refrain from touching; refrain from initiating any physical contact.

    Finger weg!, Hände weg!

    ру́ки прочь!rúki pročʹ!

  2. (historical)Cut off a hand: decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
don't touch!:
Deutsch
don't touch!:

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