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do the honor

do the honor is the alternative form of do the honors.

Meaning of do the honors

Verb

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.
  2. (idiomatic) To perform a duty.

Forms of do the honor

third-person singular presentdoes the honor
present participledoing the honor
pastdid the honor
past participledone the honor
alternative UKdo the honour

Questions about do the honor

What is do the honor the alternative form of?
Do the honor is the alternative form of do the honors.

Words near do the honor in the dictionary

  1. do the deed
  2. do the dirty on
  3. do the dishes
  4. do the Dutch
  5. do the handsome thing
  6. do the honor
  7. do the honorable thing
  8. do the honors
  9. do the honour
  10. do the honourable thing
  11. do the honours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: do the honor (page history and authors); do the honors (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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