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done the honors

done the honors is the past participle 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.

Questions about done the honors

What is done the honors the past participle of?
Done the honors is the past participle of do the honors.

Words near done the honors in the dictionary

  1. done the dirty on
  2. done the dishes
  3. done the Dutch
  4. done the handsome thing
  5. done the honor
  6. done the honors
  7. done the honour
  8. done the impossible
  9. done the job
  10. done the math
  11. done the nasties

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Adapted from Wiktionary: done the honors (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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