From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishI take my hat off to somebodyI take my hat off to somebody (also hats off to somebody) informalADMIRE used to say you admire someone very much because of what they have done I take my hat off to Ian – without him we’d have never finished this project on time. → hat
Examples from the Corpus
I take my hat off to somebody• I take my hat off to those front row men.• Whatever it was though, I take my hat off to Babs.• Jan starts hers at four, for which I take my hat off to her. 