pay their last respects

== English == === Verb === pay one's last respects (third-person singular simple present pays one's last respects, present participle paying one's last respects, simple past and past participle paid one's last respects) (intransitive) To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others. 1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor ==== Translations ====