Use the verb doff to describe removing something. You probably always doff your cap before the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner."
To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.
Verb
remove; "He doffed his hat"
v. t.
To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence,
figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.
v. t.
To strip; to divest; to undress.
v. i.
To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Doff
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.2.
Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear.
Doff
To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.
To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Usage Examples
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