take off one's hat to
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For at twenty-six it is befitting to take off one's hat to a petticoat hanging on a clothes line, after the traditional habit of Lord Chesterfield.
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
Then one's wisest course seems to be, to take off one's hat to the good people in this planet, and go off to another.”
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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