hats off to

:  a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown and brim

:  a distinctive head covering worn as a symbol of office

:  an office, position, or role assumed by or as if by the wearing of a special hat

:  to furnish or provide with a hat

:  to make or supply hats

:  from a place or position

:  away from land

:  at a distance in space or time

: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

:  to seaward of

:  from the possession or charge of

:  seaward

:  right

:  more removed or distant

:  to go away :  depart

:  kill, murder

: office; officer; official