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

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

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

: competition : contest