HAT IN HAND Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

hat in hand

adverb

as in cap in hand

in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment

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Recent Examples on the Web What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year. —

ABC News, 31 July 2022 They are surprised by a young man who appears on the left with hat in hand, extending a rose to the central girl. —

Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021 Advertisement Even the simplest of requests required going hat in hand to Capitol Hill. —

Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023 But that was only a snapshot, and the agency only got it by going hat in hand to a private system. —

Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for hat in hand

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