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Idiom

tip one's hat

Meaning

To acknowledge or show respect; to honor.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I tip my hat to you for your hard work.”

“After she finished the difficult project, her boss tipped his hat to her for her dedication.”

“The seasoned author tipped his hat to the writers who came before him, acknowledging their influence on his own literary style.”

Examples

simple

“I tip my hat to you for your hard work.”

contextual

“After she finished the difficult project, her boss tipped his hat to her for her dedication.”

complex

“The seasoned author tipped his hat to the writers who came before him, acknowledging their influence on his own literary style.”

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