pay one's last respects en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others.
And now to-day you've done your duty by her; paid your last respects to her memory, as I may say, and so you have nothing to reproach yourself with.
1851, Charles Dickens, Household Words:The persons that attended funerals were the friends and relations of the deceased, who thought themselves obliged to pay their last respects to the dead.
1827, John Robinson, Archæologia Græca:1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| paying one's last respects | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pays one's last respects | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| paid one's last respects | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paid one's last respects | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
vi phát tang (Translations) · pl złożyć ostatni hołd (Translations) · pl składać ostatni hołd (Translations) · es dar las condolencias (Translations) · fi jättää viimeinen tervehdys (Translations) · de die letzte Ehre erweisen (Translations) · fr rendre un dernier hommage (Translations) · es pagar respetos (mis/sus/los) (Translations) · fi jättää viimeinen tervehdyksenä (Translations) · ru заплати́ть после́дний долг (Translations)