"pay one's respects" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pays one's respects [present, singular, third-person], paying one's respects [participle, present], paid one's respects [participle, past], paid one's respects [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> one's respects}} pay one's respects (third-person singular simple present pays one's respects, present participle paying one's respects, simple past and past participle paid one's respects)
  1. To grieve or mourn a person to a degree appropriate for one's relationship; to attend someone's funeral. Categories (topical): Funeral Related terms: pay respect Translations (grieve or mourn): osoittaa kunnioitustaan (Finnish), esittää osanottonsa (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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