Learn English – Alternative expression to ‘free from’ meaning to disassociate oneself from something bad

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Can anybody provide an alternative expression to the phrase 'free from' meaning to disassociate oneself from something or someone bad?

For example, a company manager commits fraud and the deputy manager addresses him saying: 'I'm free from you and your criminal ways!' Meaning that he disassociates himself from the manager and the actions of the manager due to his disgust at the manager's crime.

Best Answer

Phrase "wash [my] hands of..." is commonly used to indicate no connection with something, and so is "have nothing to do with...". Examples of using these phrases to disassociate oneself include

• I wash my hands of you and your criminal ways! ‒ jw
• I'll have nothing to do with you and your criminal ways! ‒ jw
• A bloody deed, and desperately despatched! How fain, like Pilate, would I wash my hands of this most grievous guilty murder done! ‒ in Richard III

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