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georgiecasey on Oct 14, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Donating $25M t...

> hat's off to Zuckerberg

Is it hats off or hat's off? I think you're right. The saying is 'my hat is off to you'

earlyresort on Oct 14, 2014 [–]

I always understood the version with no apostrophe as a general imperative statement, with 'hats' being plural - not an abbreviation of 'my hat's off' but of 'we should take our hats off'.

Either makes sense.

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