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takes one's hat off to

takes one's hat off to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's hat off to.

Meaning of take one's hat off 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

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Takes one's hat off to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's hat off to.

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

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

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