DO THE HONORS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does do the honors mean? 

• DO THE HONORS (verb)
  The verb DO THE HONORS has 1 sense:

1. act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests

  Familiarity information: DO THE HONORS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DO THE HONORS (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act as the host and receive or introduce one's guests

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "do the honors" is one way to...):

host (be the host of or for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

The carriages were promised, Meg and Mother were all ready to do the honors, Beth was able to help Hannah behind the scenes, Jo had engaged to be as lively and amiable as an absent mind, and aching head, and a very decided disapproval of everybody and everything would allow, and as she wearily dressed, Amy cheered herself with anticipations of the happy moment when, lunch safely over, she should drive away with her friends for an afternoon of artistic delights, for the 'cherry bounce' and the broken bridge were her strong points.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)