as in removed
to rid oneself of (a garment)
the blazing sun soon had the men doffing their jackets
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Recent Examples of doffed
Yusei Kikuchi received a nice ovation and doffed his cap to the Angel Stadium crowd after his game-opening strikeout of Shea Langeliers on Saturday night, the whiff giving the Japanese left-hander 1,000 strikeouts in his career.
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Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Justin Verlander struck out the side in the first inning Sunday afternoon, walked off the mound to a standing ovation and doffed his cap to the crowd.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Hayes doffed his cap to the crowd in appreciation.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 7 Sep. 2025
Justin Verlander struck out the side in the first inning Sunday afternoon, walked off the mound to a standing ovation and doffed his cap to the crowd.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Hayes doffed his cap to the crowd in appreciation.
—John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doffed
removed
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This changed in late 1980 when Jobs was removed from the Lisa project by President Mike Scott, after which Jobs moved to unilaterally take over the Macintosh, which at that time was otherwise considered a largely speculative affair.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Makary had wanted the warning removed and packed the panel with like-minded experts.—
Arthur Allen,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Doffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doffed. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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