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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lucrezia	loo-KRE-tsyah	Italian
Estebe	-	Basque
Rowe	[rəu]
Magomed	-	Dagestani, Chechen, Ingush
Charlie	CHAHR-lee	English
Theodore	THEE-ə-dawr	English