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took one's hat off to

took one's hat off to is the simple past 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

Questions about took one's hat off to

What is took one's hat off to the simple past of?
Took one's hat off to is the simple past of take one's hat off to.

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

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

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