| They cut past their rival by mere feet and she took one hand off the wheel long enough to doff her hat and wave it with a crow of triumph. |
| Doubtfire is a misspelling of Dout-fire, from the dialect dout, to extinguish, formed like don and doff. |
| In this country we prefer our proletarians to doff their caps rather than to assert their fundamental rights. |
| He wants to stay on as both army chief and president, despite a pledge last year to doff his uniform. |
| There were rumors, too, that nuns might be permitted to doff their habits and move through the world like 'normal' people. |
| But when you remember you're hundreds of feet up in a great chunk of Victorian genius, you doff your hat and remember your place, old bean. |
