to rid oneself of responsibility for something, especially wrongdoing
摆脱某事的责任,尤其是错误行为的责任 (baituo mingshi de zeren youqishi cuowu xingwei de zeren)
"He tried to clean his hands of the situation, but we all knew he was involved."
"他试图洗手不干,但我们都知道他参与了。" (ta shitu xishou bugan dan women dou zhidao ta canyu le)
to reconsider something carefully before acting
A person’s actions or behavior make them worse than an enemy...
to argue against an idea for the sake of discussion
A person’s first difficult experience in a new job or role.
to continue for too long and become boring
Going from a bad situation to an even worse one.