take one's hat off to

verb

To remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.

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Meanings

verbtake one's hat off to (third-person singular simple present takes one's hat off to, present participle taking one's hat off to, simple past took one's hat off to, past participle taken one's hat off to)

present singular third person takes one's hat off to · participle present taking one's hat off to · past took one's hat off to · participle past taken one's hat off to

  1. To remove one's hat as a sign of respect to.
  2. idiomaticTo praise or thank; to congratulate.

    '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.

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Czech smeknout před, smeknout před
  • smeknout předto remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • smeknout předto publicly praise
Danish tage hatten af for, tage hatten af for
  • tage hatten af forto remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • tage hatten af forto publicly praise
Finnish nostaa hattua, nostaa hattua
  • nostaa hattuato remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • nostaa hattuato publicly praise
German den Hut ziehen vor
  • den Hut ziehen vorto remove one's hat as sign of respect
Norwegian Bokmål ta av seg hatten for, ta av seg hatten for
  • ta av seg hatten forto remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • ta av seg hatten forto publicly praise
Polish zdejmować kapelusz, zdjąć kapelusz
  • zdejmować kapeluszto remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • zdjąć kapeluszto remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • chylić czołato publicly praise
Portuguese tirar o chapéu para, tirar o chapéu para
  • tirar o chapéu parato remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • tirar o chapéu parato publicly praise
Russian снимать шляпу, снимать шляпу
  • снимать шляпу (snimatʹ šljapu)to remove one's hat as sign of respect
  • снимать шляпу (snimatʹ šljapu)to publicly praise
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“take one's hat off to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20one's%20hat%20off%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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