doff
verb (used with object)
to remove or take off, as clothing.
had doffed
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past perfectof doff.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Residents of Diabaly said some rebels had doffed their flowing robes to blend in with the population, raising fears of ambushes and booby traps left behind in captured towns.
From Reuters ● Jan. 22, 2013
Tired of looking owlish, Belgium's myopic King Baudouin, 35, had doffed his familiar bottle-bottom glasses after 20 years, got himself fitted for contact lenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President had doffed the good humor which he invariably shows to the editors' reporters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many were tough veterans, evzones who had doffed their exotic petti coats and pomponed slippers to fight frost bite and Italians in Albania's wild mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first speaker had doffed the gown of the student in his senior year, greatly against the wishes of parents and friends, to don the livery of Uncle Sam.
From Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac by William H. Armstrong
