Compound of <span class="searchmatch">一目</span> (“one stone (in the game of go)”) + <span class="searchmatch">置く</span> (“to put”). The expression originally came from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed...
open. <span class="searchmatch">置く</span> as used in sense 3 and 4 is usually written in hiragana as おく. Conjugation of "<span class="searchmatch">置く</span>" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs) 置き忘れる 言い<span class="searchmatch">置く</span>, 言<span class="searchmatch">置く</span> <span class="searchmatch">一目</span><span class="searchmatch">置く</span> 聞き置く 差し置く...
【<span class="searchmatch">一目</span><span class="searchmatch">置く</span>】 [verb] (idiomatic) to take one's hat off; to acknowledge another's superiority...