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Do the honors   /du ðə ˈɑnərz/   Listen
Do the honors

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






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"Do the honors" Quotes from Famous Books



... live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.]. visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one's quarters. entertain; give a party &c. n.; be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception &c. n. to kill the fatted calf. Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable[obs3], cosy, cosey[obs3], chatty,, conversational; homiletical. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



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