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do the honours

do the honours 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 honours

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

Questions about do the honours

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

Words near do the honours in the dictionary

  1. do the honor
  2. do the honorable thing
  3. do the honors
  4. do the honour
  5. do the honourable thing
  6. do the honours
  7. do the impossible
  8. do the job
  9. do the laundry
  10. do the mahi
  11. do the math

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Adapted from Wiktionary: do the honours (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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