doff
verb (used with object)
to remove or take off, as clothing.
have doffed
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present perfectof doff.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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There are some grounds for thinking so, and in that case, if "the nature follows the male," Quidnunc must have doffed his immateriality and suffered real incarnation.
From Lore of Proserpine by Maurice Henry Hewlett
I am glad you have doffed your regimentals.
From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Ida Glenwood
An old collector would have doffed his coat to cover hat and flint alike, would have sat beside them patiently till nightfall, would have done anything to make certain of his prize.
From "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character by Douglas English
English and Spanish ships dipped colors to each other as courteous hidalgoes might have doffed hats; and the guns roared each other salutes, that set the seas churning.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
The señoras and señoritas alone have doffed their morning dresses, and here and there a pretty poblana has changed her coarse woollen “nagua” for a gay flounced muslin.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
