pay one's last respects
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor"
- "The persons that attended funerals were the friends and relations of the deceased, who thought themselves obliged to pay their last respects to the dead."
- "And now to-day you've done your duty by her; paid your last respects to her memory, as I may say, and so you have nothing to reproach yourself with."
Usage
Inflected Forms
pays one's last respects (present, singular)
paying one's last respects (participle, present)
paid one's last respects (participle, past)
paid one's last respects (past)