"do the honors" meaning in English

See do the honors in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-do the honors.ogg Forms: does the honors [present, singular, third-person], doing the honors [participle, present], did the honors [past], done the honors [participle, past], do the honor [alternative], do the honours [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> the honors}} do the honors (third-person singular simple present does the honors, present participle doing the honors, simple past did the honors, past participle done the honors)
  1. (idiomatic) To act as a host to guests. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: be mother [British]
    Sense id: en-do_the_honors-en-verb-mi0Igv2- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) To perform a duty. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-do_the_honors-en-verb-Mzc6vCbL

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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