If the weather report is right, you’d better hang onto your hat — the storm will be fierce tonight.

At the cloakroom, the attendant hurriedly tried to give someone his hat, but the man had already left.

With so many community issues at stake, it finally felt right to toss one's hat into the ring and try to make a difference.

To demonstrate commitment, one might throw one's hat into the ring when a leadership position opens.

Sometimes it's best to toss one's name in the hat and see what happens.

In many volunteer committees, it's common to throw one's name in the hat when a leadership position opens up.

When opportunities arise, it's not uncommon for one to toss one's hat in the ring.

When the deadline came, she had to pull a rabbit from a hat to finish the project on time.

At the theater cloakroom, the attendant hands someone his hat with a polite nod.

After the gust knocked the old man's cap into the road, a passerby retrieved it and handed someone his hat so it wouldn't get ruined.