pay (your) respects

to express your admiration or friendly feeling for someone.

First I paid my respects to her parents and then went into to town to see some other people.

Fans waited in the cold to pay their final respects to this fine athlete.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form pay your final respects - to express your admiration for someone who has died

• cut an ... figure
• cut an figure
• cut an interesting figure
• cut an [interesting/ridiculous/unusual etc.] figure
• cut an ridiculous figure
• cut an unusual figure
• cut a rug
• cut a swath
• cut a swathe through
• cut a swathe through something
• cut a swath through
• cut a swath through something
• cut a wide swath
• cut both ways
• cut coat according to cloth
• cut coat according to your cloth
• cut corners
• cut dead
• cut down to size
• cut from the same cloth
• cut in
• cut it fine
• cut it out
• cut loose
• cut loose someone