doff one's hat to

present singular third person doffs one's hat to · participle present doffing one's hat to · participle past doffed one's hat to · past doffed one's hat to

1. To acknowledge praise towards (someone or something).

   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

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   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

   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