as in to remove
to rid oneself of (a garment)
the blazing sun soon had the men doffing their jackets
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Recent Examples of doff
The sellout crowd, which had long been on its feet, continuing cheering, eventually drawing Kershaw back out onto the field to doff his cap in appreciation.
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Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Impressive stuff, and be sure to doff your cap to swing man Tim Stauffer, whose 0.49 ERA in 18 1/3 innings led the unit.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
By the end of the set, the band members are plenty sweaty, which Alfaro, Curry, and Graves address by doffing their shirts.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Impressive stuff, and be sure to doff your cap to swing man Tim Stauffer, whose 0.49 ERA in 18 1/3 innings led the unit.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
By the end of the set, the band members are plenty sweaty, which Alfaro, Curry, and Graves address by doffing their shirts.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
Exiting the clean room and leaving the telescope behind is a little like exiting an operating room, passing back through successively less sterile chambers, doffing mask and outer garments, and rejoining the world of dirt and dust and grit and grime.
—Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doff
remove
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By removing color, the focus shifts to texture, light, gesture, and gaze — emphasizing the nuances of connection and the multiplicity of what love can look like beyond normative, romanticized ideals.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media platforms, including YouTube and X, have begun removing videos of the attack.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Doff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doff. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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