"do the honor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: does the honor [present, singular, third-person], doing the honor [participle, present], did the honor [past], done the honor [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the honor}} do the honor (third-person singular simple present does the honor, present participle doing the honor, simple past did the honor, past participle done the honor)
  1. Alternative form of do the honors Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: do the honors Synonyms: do the honour [UK]
    Sense id: en-do_the_honor-en-verb-SDMgH55- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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