soil one's hands

idiom

formal
: to do something dishonest or wrong
He refused to soil his hands for her.

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“Soil one's hands.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soil%20one%27s%20hands. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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