doff

[US]/dɒf/
[UK]/dɔːf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. discard; remove (clothes, hat, etc.); drop a yarn.

Phrases & Collocations

doff your hat

doff your coat

doff your shoes

Example Sentences

the manager doffed his hat to her.

She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire.

She gracefully doffed her hat as she entered the room.

The gentleman doffed his coat before sitting down at the table.

It is customary to doff your hat as a sign of respect.

The knight doffed his helmet after a long day of battle.

The butler would always doff his cap when greeting guests.

The queen doffed her crown before addressing the crowd.

He doffed his shoes before entering the sacred temple.

The jester would doff his bells and hat before performing for the king.

The actor would doff his costume at the end of the play.

Please remember to doff your mask before entering the building.

Real-world Examples

The man doffed his hat. " As my lord commands" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

The mummers doffed their helmets, and began to eat and drink.

Source: Returning Home

Oh. Well, I doff my proverbial cap to you, sir.

Source: "Breaking Bad" classic lines

With this I doffed my cap to her, and scrambled up once more among the sand-hills.

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

Six pockets… checks them twice and doffs his cap to the woman working the candy shop, and walks off.

Source: Accompany you to sleep.

" Tom of Sevenstreams, if it please my lord" . The singer doffed his hat. " Most call me Tom o' Sevens, though" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

Again I looked at the face; which was no longer turned from me—on the contrary, the bonnet was doffed, the bandage displaced, the head advanced.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Once there he doffed with a sigh his fine sky-blue uniform, his sabre and his epaulettes, to put on again his shabby little black suit.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

" Until we meet again, " he said to the Dursleys, who looked as though that moment could wait forever as far as they were concerned, and after doffing his hat, he swept from the room.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

" Morning! I just looked in to make sure you'd really come and see that you were all right, " he observed, saluting with bat and doffing the gay cap with one effective twitch.

Source: Blooming Roses (Part 1)

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