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How to pronounce doff in English?

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Type of take off


He doffed his hat.

Examples of doff

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Still, for powerhouse marketing, you have to doff your cap to the market leader.
From the denverpost.com
The two doff their coats and eat at a small round table in Brzezinski's office.
From the time.com
Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.
From the techcrunch.com
I doff my hat to this coalition for so successfully politicising a generation.
From the guardian.co.uk
Women in bustles ride along in sulkies and top-hatted men doff their lids.
From the couriermail.com.au
So I doff my cap to Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor, who put on 114 for the third wicket.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Favre has announced his retirement, but that isn't what prompted David to doff his jersey.
From the washingtonpost.com
Sports fans will doff their cap to a great performance by any competitor.
From the time.com
You won't spot the soldiers unless you doff your mask and fins and go looking for them.
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  • Remove; "He doffed his hat"
  • Cornelia Hubertina (Neel) Doff (Buggenum, Netherlands, 27 January 1858 u2013 Ixelles, Belgium, 14 July 1942) was an author of Dutch origin living and working in Belgium and mainly writing in French. She is one of the most important contributors to proletarian literature.
  • To remove a hat as a greeting or mark of respect; To remove or take off, especially of clothing
  • (Doffing) Taking off a protective suit. Go to top
  • (Doffing) Taking the prosthesis off
  • (Doffing) Removing completed cops from mule spindles.
  • To remove a filled PACKAGE or BEAM from a textile machine. Frequently the operation includes replacing the full PACKAGE or BEAM with an empty one.
  • To remove fibers from hand cards or a drum carder.
  • A set of full-size yarn packages produced by one filament extrusion (spinning) machine.