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Meanings of doff in anglès

To take (an article of clothing) away from one's body.

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Examples for "remove"
Examples for "remove"
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Background: Several different laser systems are currently used to remove unwanted hairs.
Pubmed
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Tech companies have said they do not remove content for political reasons.
Radio NZ
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However, he has conceded the decision to also remove entitlements is unacceptable''.
News.com.au
4
Carefully remove baking paper and chickpeas and continue baking for 5 minutes.
Radio NZ
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One problem still remained: the deeply embedded marks were impossible to remove.
News.com.au
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Airport staff are seeing way, way fewer airplanes take off and land.
Wired
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Familiar names, however, are tipped to take off with the winners' trophies.
Reuters
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Far from that, it will need support and nurturing to take off.
The Guardian
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That is when, experts believe, environmentally friendly energy conversion can take off.
Reuters
5
It's coming out next year and is probably going to take off.
Wired
Usage of doff in anglès
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It would be bitter not to doff ones cap to the French.
The Irish Times
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Even the staunchest Stormers fan will doff their cap at these efforts.
The South African
3
To the present day pilgrims doff their worldly garments at Zu'l Halifah.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
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You were hesitating to doff your disguise, and could hardly believe me.
The Blunderer
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I will doff my travelling cap, and on with the monk's cowl.
Vivian Grey
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I had but to drink the cup, to doff at once the body
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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An ye doff bonnet to them they stiffen into statues; distance for distance.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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We will doff our priestly robes and appear as men of the people.
The Spartan Twins
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Presently you may doff it for all time, and resume your true estate.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in...
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He could doff his cap and speak smilingly to starving men.
A Short History of France
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Yet being there, I will not lift voice nor finger to doff it.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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I had no hat to doff, but I did bow to the lady.
The Great Book of Amber
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Southern gallantry will doff its cares, put on its smiling face.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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I'll doff it, and habit me as when thou first camest to me.
The Cloister and the Hearth
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He snuffed the godcandle between two fingers and rose to doff his robes.
A Time of Changes
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But, on the whole, I'll doff this disguise, and assume my ordinary garments.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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