take one's hat off to

take one's hat off to

English

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 Finnish: nostaa hattua German: den Hut ziehen vor

Norwegian: Bokmål: ta av seg hatten for Portuguese: tirar o chapéu para

to publicly praise

Czech: smeknout před Finnish: nostaa hattua Norwegian: Bokmål: ta av seg hatten for

Portuguese: tirar o chapéu para