verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cap
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I doffed my cap to Goreng and his superiors.
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But Carrick has now gained an age where young lads metaphorically doff their caps and older spectators offer grudging respect.
hat
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Lou Rigatoni laughed and doffed his hat , which Madame Astarti thought was a fedora but wasn't sure.
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Its master staunchly refused to doff his hat to the director-general.
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Ace stood silently as the Doctor doffed his hat , and gave Mortimer a cheery smile.
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Because it was raining the chevalier did not doff his hat as was then the custom.
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The arriving passengers, viewing the cortège and the tarpaulin-covered, six foot long parcel, paused solemnly and doffed their hats .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lasorda doffed his cap and bowed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ace stood silently as the Doctor doffed his hat, and gave Mortimer a cheery smile.
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And there was a brief New Romantic period where they doffed the costumes for makeup and mascara.
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Because it was raining the chevalier did not doff his hat as was then the custom.
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But Carrick has now gained an age where young lads metaphorically doff their caps and older spectators offer grudging respect.
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I doffed my cap to Goreng and his superiors.
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Its master staunchly refused to doff his hat to the director-general.
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Lou Rigatoni laughed and doffed his hat, which Madame Astarti thought was a fedora but wasn't sure.
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Some twenty communications men, their watch just completed, appeared on deck, doffed their shirts and began to exercise.