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What is the verb for doff?

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doff
  1. (clothing) To remove or take off, especially of clothing.
  2. To remove or tip a hat, as in greeting, salutation or as a mark of respect.
  3. To get rid of, to throw off.
  4. (reflexive) To strip; to divest; to undress.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Tis not natural for a woman to cut off her chemise at the waist and doff her gown.”
      “For refusing to doff his hat, Tell was ordered to shoot an apple off of the head of his son.”
      “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.”
doffing
doffs
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of doff
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Preparing for her moment, Stone doffs the crinkly jacket and sits up even straighter than before.”
      “And Khalid cuts his hair, doffs his jubbah, and appears again in the ordinary attire of civilised mortals.”
      “And heated Fritz his helmet doffs, Not deeming he's a headless trunk.”
doffed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of doff
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He had doffed his suit jacket, undone his vest buttons, and rolled his sleeves just below his elbows.”
      “Lola herself has doffed her shabby robe and is wearing a gaudy dress patterned with large flowers.”
      “Throughout history a doffed hat has symbolized defeat, humility and abasement before one's betters.”
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