pay your respects (to somebody)

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pay your respects (to somebody) — idiom

1. To visit or send a message to someone as a sign of respect, often after a death.

1.idiom
Definition

To visit or send a message to someone as a sign of respect, often after a death.

Example

Many people came to pay their respects at the funeral.

We should pay our respects to the bereaved family.