pay one's respects
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“After all, it’s the usual thing to do, isn’t it, to pay one’s respects to a bride?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
In any case one must, even if he lived in lonely state, pay one's respects to the head of the house.
From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Only first—one must really pay one's respects to this sunset.'
From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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