take one's hat off to



take one's hat off to

Also, take off one's hat to. Express one's admiration, as in I take off my hat to you-you've done very well indeed. [Mid-1800s] Also see hats off to.
See also: hat, off, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Caelia-Ancient Roman
Muhammadmu-HAHM-mahd (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tajik, Indonesian, Malay
Seppel-German
ArchibaldAHR-chə-bawldScottish, English
Sophieso-FEE (French), SO-fee (English), ZO-fee (German)French, English, German, Dutch
Meir-Hebrew