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take one's hat off to

take one's hat off to verb: to remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.

Verb

take one's hat off to (third-person singular simple present takes one's hat off to, present participle taking one's hat off to, simple past took one's hat off to, past participle taken one's hat off to)

  1. To remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.
  2. (idiomatic) To praise or thank; to congratulate.
    • 'You will excuse me,' he said, 'but no one would believe it to look at you. I take my hat off to you. I do, indeed.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 255

Forms of take one's hat off to

third-person singular presenttakes one's hat off to
present participletaking one's hat off to
pasttook one's hat off to
past participletaken one's hat off to

Words formed from take one's hat off to

Questions about take one's hat off to

What does take one's hat off to mean?
Take one's hat off to means to remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.
What part of speech is take one's hat off to?
Take one's hat off to is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's hat off to?
The past tense of take one's hat off to is took one's hat off to.

Words near take one's hat off to in the dictionary

  1. take one's eye off the ball
  2. take one's eyes off
  3. take one's eyes off the ball
  4. take one's football and go home
  5. take one's half out of the middle
  6. take one's hat off to
  7. take one's hook
  8. take one's kit off
  9. take one's leave
  10. take one's life
  11. take one's life in one's hands

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