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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
doff one's hat to en · VERB
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To acknowledge praise towards (someone or something).
I doff my hat to Mr President of the Republic as he celebrates his eighth anniversary of accession to the pinnacle of political power.
2011, Godfrey B. Tangwa, No Trifling Matter: Contributions of an Uncompromising Critic to the Democratic Process in Cameroon, page 15:Perhaps this is why she enjoys writing series (doffing her hat to all the series she read as a child).
2014, Barbara J. Lehman et al., Creating Books for the Young in the New South Africa, page 69: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."
1851, George Borrow, Lavengro; The Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest, volume I, page 209:
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