From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpay your last respects (to somebody)pay your last respects (to somebody)MXto go to someone’s funeral → respect
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pay your last respects (to somebody)• Many thousands paid their last respects to Dubcek at his funeral in Bratislava on Nov. 15.• This was quite a normal thing at that time and neighbours would call to pay their last respects.• The Krays, Richardsons, and many more villains had come to pay their last respects.• At the graveside, a volley of shots ... before a Hercules flew overhead to pay its last respects.