Collocation
pay respect
Definition
to show admiration, honor, or polite consideration to someone or something
'pay respect' is a common English collocation. to show admiration, honor, or polite consideration to someone or something
pay + respect (to + someone/something)
“We paid respect to the firefighters for their courage.”
Examples
- Please _____ respect to your elders when you speak.
- They _____ respect to the national flag during the ceremony.
- At the funeral, friends and family came to _____ respect to her memory.
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- We should _____ respect to local customs when traveling abroad.
- The team _____ respect to their former coach before the match began.
- He stood in silence to _____ respect to those who had died.
- The museum exhibit encourages visitors to _____ respect to Indigenous cultures.
- After the disaster, leaders from many countries _____ respect to the victims.
- If you disagree, you can still _____ respect to her experience.