doff one's hat to
English
editVerb
editdoff one's hat to (third-person singular simple present doffs one's hat to, present participle doffing one's hat to, simple past and past participle doffed one's hat to)
- To acknowledge praise towards (someone or something).
- 1851, George Borrow, Lavengro; The Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest, volume I, page 209:
- I doffed my hat to the wondrous horse, the fast trotter, the best in mother England; and I too drew a deep ah! and repeated the words of the old fellows around. "Such a horse as this we shall never see again; a pity that he is so old."
- 2011, Godfrey B. Tangwa, No Trifling Matter: Contributions of an Uncompromising Critic to the Democratic Process in Cameroon, page 15:
- I doff my hat to Mr President of the Republic as he celebrates his eighth anniversary of accession to the pinnacle of political power.
- 2014, Barbara J. Lehman et al., Creating Books for the Young in the New South Africa[1], page 69:
- Perhaps this is why she enjoys writing series (doffing her hat to all the series she read as a child).