You’re watching Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for February 19.

International Tug of War Day

Today’s word is hat.

hat /hæt/

hat in hand adverb

in an attitude of respectful humility

have to go hat in hand to apologize

he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment

Having to go to the Copyright Office every three years, hat in hand, to ask for permission to simply fix our stuff is infuriating.

— Kyle Wiens, Wired, 11 Dec. 2020

take one's hat off to idiom

informal

: to give (someone) praise or credit

I (have to) take my hat off to her. She did a great job.

I take my hat off to Ian – without him we’d have never finished this project on time.