- pay one's last respects (to someone)
- pay one's last respects (to someone)to go to someone's funeral. •
I paid my last respects to Mr. Kantor yesterday.
•Scores of people came to pay their last respects.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
pay one's last respects (to someone)
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