take one's hat off to

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take 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.
   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 255:

     '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.

Derived terms

• hats off

Translations

to remove one's hat as sign of respect

• Czech: smeknout před
• Danish: tage hatten af for
• Finnish: nostaa hattua
• German: den Hut ziehen vor
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta av seg hatten for

• Portuguese: tirar o chapéu para

to publicly praise

• Czech: smeknout před
• Danish: tage hatten af for
• Finnish: nostaa hattua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta av seg hatten for

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• Portuguese: tirar o chapéu para

See also

• tip one's hat