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单词 doff
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doffverb [ T ]

uk/dɒf/us/dɑːf/old-fashioned

to remove your hat, usually to show respect

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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Removing and getting rid of things

  • abandon
  • banish
  • be scattered to the four winds idiom
  • bin
  • cast sb/sth aside/away/off
  • fling sth/sb out
  • flush sth out
  • fly-tipping
  • free sb from/of sth
  • haemodialysis
  • junk
  • pension
  • scrap
  • shuffle
  • throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
  • toss sth aside
  • toss sth out
  • turf sth out
  • unplug
  • weed

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Physical gestures of respect

Examples from literature

  • Harry doffed his plumed hat, and rode on at the head of his regiment. 
  • He could doff his cap and speak smilingly to starving men. 
  • He stopped to speak to an old woman and doffed his hat, showing a clipped silver-blond head. 
  • The commissary, who was smoking at his ease, politely doffed his hat upon the singer's entrance. 
  • The old man doffed his hat with a respectful formality. 

Idiom(s)

doff your hat to sb/sth
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