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paid one's respects

paid one's respects is the simple past and past participle of pay one's respects.

Meaning of pay one's respects

Verb

pay one's respects (third-person singular simple present pays one's respects, present participle paying one's respects, simple past and past participle paid one's respects)

  1. To grieve or mourn a person to a degree appropriate for one's relationship; to attend someone's funeral.
    • Mr. Bruni told journalists that, as of Monday evening, Pope Francis' closest collaborators have begun to pay their respects to the late Pope.2025 April 21, Devin Watkins, “Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88”, in Vatican News

Questions about paid one's respects

What is paid one's respects the simple past and past participle of?
Paid one's respects is the simple past and past participle of pay one's respects.

Words near paid one's respects in the dictionary

  1. paid one's addresses
  2. paid one's debt to society
  3. paid one's dues
  4. paid one's own freight
  5. paid one's own way
  6. paid one's respects
  7. paid one's way
  8. paid out
  9. paid overs
  10. paid respect
  11. paid someone's way

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