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do the honors

do the honors verb: to act as a host to guests.

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 honors

third-person singular presentdoes the honors
present participledoing the honors
pastdid the honors
past participledone the honors
alternative formdo the honor
alternative UKdo the honours

Questions about do the honors

What does do the honors mean?
Do the honors means to act as a host to guests.
What part of speech is do the honors?
Do the honors is a verb.
What is the past tense of do the honors?
The past tense of do the honors is did the honors.

Words near do the honors in the dictionary

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

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