to doff one's cap to sb

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• doff one's cap to — phrasal see doff one s hat to …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• doff one's hat to — or doff one s cap to phrasal to show respect to ; salute …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Square academic cap — Mortarboard redirects here. For the honor society, see Mortar Board. Graduation portrait of Linus Pauling wearing a mortarboard, 1922 The square academic cap, graduate cap, or mortarboard[1] (because of its similarity in …   Wikipedia

• respond — v 1. reply, make reply, answer, give answer, field, write back, R.S.V.P., confirm [s.t.]; report back, get back to, send word to, let someone know; retort, come back with, counter with, answer back, talk back, Inf. sass, Inf. make a wisecrack, Sl …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• uncover — v 1. expose, bare, lay bare, take the wraps off, unwrap, unveil, unmask, unsheathe, uncase, disease; open, uncork, unstop; divest, strip, undress, unclothe, undrape, uncloak; discover, descry, detect, find, unearth, exhume, dig up, smoke out. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Longtail — In Bermuda, the Longtail is the common name for the White tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus .On the Isle of Man, longtail is a euphemism to describe a rat, as a relatively modern superstition has arisen that it is considered bad luck to… …   Wikipedia

• respect — n 1.Usu. in respect particular, point, detail, matter, feature, way. 2. reference, regard, relation, connection, bearing on. 3. esteem, estimation, high regard, high opinion, admiration; veneration, reverence, awe, adoration, worship; honor,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• salute — v 1. address, greet, hello, say hello or how do you do; hallo, hail, call to, Archaic. gratulate. 2. nod to, tip or doff one s hat or cap to, wave to, extend one s hand to, shake hands with, give [s.o.] the glad hand, Inf. glad hand, embrace,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Courtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Courtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy Sgm: N 1 respect respect &c. 928 Sgm: N 1 good manners good manners good behavior good breeding Sgm: N 1 manners manners Sgm: N 1 politeness …   English dictionary for students

• United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

• courtesy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Politeness Nouns 1. courtesy, courteousness; respect; good manners, behavior, or breeding; manners, politeness, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, cultivation, polish, grace, civility, culture,… …   English dictionary for students