hats off
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ellipsis of a form of take one's hat off to.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic, as imperative, with to) Congratulations
- Hats off to the Jamaican bobsled team for their able representation of their country in the Olympics against serious obstacles.
- 2020 December 16, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
- Hats off to Avanti West Coast staff at Crewe station, who found a simple but highly effective way to raise money for charity during the Coronavirus epidemic.
Translations
[edit]Congratulations
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References
[edit]- “hats off to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.