Being diverted by head of hair, I have to raise my hat (5,3)

'raise my hat' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'being diverted by head of hair i have' is the wordplay.
'being diverted' becomes 'doff' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
'i have' becomes 'I've' (contraction of 'I have').
The initial letter of 'hair' is 'h'.
'h'+'ive'='hive'
'doff' after 'hive' is 'HIVED OFF'.

'to' is the link.

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